Belonging is the innate human desire to be a part of something larger than us.
- We try to acquire belonging by fitting in, and by seeking approval. These are not only shallow substitute for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic imperfect selves to the world.
- Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance
Being ourselves means sometimes having to find the courage to stand alone.
True belonging is not something we achieve or accomplish with others; it is something we carry in our heart.
- Once we belong thoroughly to ourselves, and believe thoroughly in ourselves, true belonging is ours.
- Belonging to ourselves means being called to stand alone
- To brave the wilderness of uncertainty, vulnerability and criticism
Re-source: Re-connection
We seem to have forgotten that even when we are utterly alone, we’re connected to one another by something greater than group membership, politics, and ideology.
We are connected by love and human spirit
- No matter how separated we are by what we think and believe, we are a part of the same spiritual story.
True belonging is the Spiritual practice of believing in, and belonging to your self so deeply, that you can share your most authentic self to the world
- Find sacredness in both being a part of something and standing alone in the wilderness.
- True belonging does not require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are.
True belonging is not something you negotiate externally; it is what you carry in your heart.
- It is finding the sacredness in being a part of something.
- When we reach this place (even momentarily), we belong everywhere and nowhere.
- That seems absurd, but it is true.
craving and resource from “Braving the Wilderness – The Quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone – by Brene Brown
