The Quiet Rise of Individualism, and Why It Worries Me
Humans were never meant to be self-contained. We are wired for co-regulation, for companionship, for shared meaning, for circles of safety where we matter to one another.
Humans were never meant to be self-contained. We are wired for co-regulation, for companionship, for shared meaning, for circles of safety where we matter to one another.
We cannot think our way into transformation. We must live ourselves into it, often weeping our way through it.
Wherever we are seen and valued, feel significant to others, not for productivity but for humanity we are experiencing community, a sense of belonging.
We spend so much time trying to secure things, our identity, our routines, our future. We tell ourselves: “Once I’ve done this, then I’ll feel calm.” But calm doesn’t live in the next achievement. Calm lives in the moment we stop gripping so tightly.