#belonging — Public Fediverse posts

You notice you're part of a harmony when another voice enters and everything rearranges.

Further reading: https://emotusoperandi.medium.com/your-self-care-action-items-f1c98bcedca6

#RMaurice #LifeboatAcademy #StayHuman #Belonging #Practice

When somebody says to you that they like you, will you ghost them if you do not like them?

#dating #socialpressures #livedexperience #poll #reflections #boundaries #neurodiversity #mentalhealth #vulnerability #selfworth #belonging #solitude #relationships

Past relationships taught me that...

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I am considering ceasing to pursue dating, as I feel that the societal message suggests I should not attempt it.

#dating #socialpressures #livedexperience #poll #reflections #boundaries #neurodiversity #mentalhealth #vulnerability #selfworth #belonging #solitude #relationships

Walking the messed-up Cambodian streets, same broken footpaths as the rest of SEA, but different vibe. Relaxed. Slow. In tune. No more meditating at home with eyes closed.

I do it eyes open in the busy marketplace. Ten months in and I finally feel real rapport. Calm amongst the chaos. Like I belong. What I needed wasn’t to shut the world out. It was to open to it.

https://whothefami.substack.com/p/in-tune-on-messed-up-streets

#SoutheastAsia #Cambodia #OpenAwareness #SlowTravel #Belonging

A BetTER Day

Independence has its day,
when o’er the skies fireworks display,
and dependence, too, is good,
as every tender spirit should

learn the grace of being held,
when pride is hushed, and fear is quelled.
But methinks we need another name,
a deeper word, a wider frame.

It happens after we let one IN,
past the surface, past the skin,
past the guarded gates we keep,
past the places where hurt runs deep.

In the space before DEPEND,
we see the other as vital friend,
all as branches from one tree,
as the grains of sand receive the sea.

Then add three letters, soft but true,
TER arrives and makes it new.
Not just me and not just thee,
but something born between the three.

In-TER-dependence names the art
of hand in hand and heart to heart,
while I am I, and you are you,
something sacred binds us too.

Independence stands alone,
dependence leans on flesh and bone,
but interdependence humbly sings:
we rise by sharing roots and wings.

July 4, 2015 (updated June 2026)

The new uncomfortable normality
No Worries? Australian attitudes to national security, risk and resilience (report): National security starts at the front door – not at the territorial borders.

"For most Australians, the 18-month research project revealed, national security starts at their front door – not at the territorial borders of the island continent. It showed they are worried the country is not prepared for the demands of a volatile 21st century in a polluted information ecosystem, where the rules-based international order is crumbling, economic precarity has become uncomfortably normal and trust is more fragile." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/29/surging-anxiety-australia-national-security-patriotism-ntwnfb

Report: No Worries? Australian attitudes to national security, risk and resilience >>
https://nsc.anu.edu.au/research/no-worries-australian-attitudes-national-security-risk-and-resilience

#PublicAnxiety #anxiety #Australia #worries #trust #precarity #inequality #polycrisis #instability #safety #stability #participation #SocialIntegration #FarRight #SocialCohesion #belonging #HyperIndIvidualisation #UncomfortableNormality #climate #NationalSecurity #war

i am ukrainian https://sacs.zouluvo.com/i-am-ukrainian/

#iamukrainian #ukraine #nationality #heritage #identity #pride #culture #ukrainianflag #ukrainianroots #tradition #patriotism #ukrainianlanguage #ukrainianpeople #community #homeland #ethnicpride #ancestry #ukrainianspirit #ukrainianculture #nationalpride #identitystatement #culturalheritage #ukrainianheart #proudukrainian #ukrainianbackground #roots #belonging #ukrainianidentity #ukrainianflagcolors #ukrainianlove