#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...

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

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

I've been kicking around the idea of a community built around belonging, curiosity, service, and genuine connection. A place where people can gather regularly, hear someone's story or learn something new, have thoughtful conversations over coffee, and build real friendships. Then once a month, instead of just talking about making our community better, we'd go volunteer or work on a local service project together.

Not a church. Not an anti-church. Not a political group.

Just neighbors creating the kind of community many of us wish we had.

Being based in Liberty, MO I've been calling the idea "Liberty Circle" because I love the symbolism of the circle. No one at the head. No one left outside. Just people coming together, making room for one another, and growing together.

Has anyone here been part of something like this? I'd love to hear what worked, what didn't, and what made people keep coming back.

#Community #Belonging #Humanism #CommunityBuilding #Volunteer #LibertyMO #Missouri #SocialConnection

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)

A quotation from Hannah Arendt

The disturbing factor in the success of totalitarianism is rather the true selflessness of its adherents: it may be understandable that a Nazi or Bolshevik will not be shaken in his conviction by crimes against people who do not belong to the movement or are even hostile to it; but the amazing fact is that neither is he likely to waver when the monster begins to devour its own children, and not even if he becomes a victim of persecution himself, if he is framed and condemned, if he is purged from the party and sent to a forced-labor or concentration camp. On the contrary, to the wonder of the whole civilized world, he may even be willing to help in his own prosecution and frame his own death sentence if only his status as a member of the movement is not touched.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 10 “A Classless Society,” sec. 1 (1951)

More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/42025/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #belonging #fanatic #fanaticism #identity #loyalty #movement #partisan #selfdestruction #selfpreservation #selflessness #totalitarianism #tribalism #zealotry

Light for My Path (Christian Music) = Share in the joy ❤️ of this new worship song! - #God #Jesus #TheLord #Praise #ChristianMusic #Bible #Music #Song #Faith #Hope #Trust #Light #Path #Guidance #Strength #Journey #Purpose #Truth #Love #Devotion #Praise #Worship #Discipleship #InnerPeace #SpiritualGrowth #Community #Unity #Belonging #Transformation #Uplift #Grace #Mercy #Salvation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WI3kWyEhp8

On the ocean, wayfinding meant reading swells and stars. On a field in Springdale, Arkansas, it meant reading space, movement, and one another.

Read Jordan P. Hickey's new Longreads story about the Marshall Islands' first-ever national soccer team.

https://longreads.com/2026/04/21/marshall-islands-soccer-team/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #Sports #Soccer #Football #WorldCup #MarshallIslands #Marshallese #Belonging #Diaspora #Migration

The Marshall Islands’ first national soccer team discovered what “home” can mean—on a field in Arkansas.

Read Jordan P. Hickey’s new Longreads story, “The Wayfinders.”

https://longreads.com/2026/04/21/marshall-islands-soccer-team/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #MarshallIslands #RMI #Diaspora #Belonging #Home #Migration #Soccer #Identity #WorldCup #Sports

Rise in Grace (Christian Music) = Worship the Lord 🎼 with this new Christian release! - #God #Jesus #TheLord #Praise #ChristianMusic #Bible #Music #Song #Faith #Grace #Strength #YoungChristians #Church #Love #Community #Prayer #Worship #Hope #Bible #Spiritual #Inspiration #Fellowship #Blessing #Joyful #Purpose #Christianity #Peace #Devotion #Trust #Salvation #Growth #Belonging #Encouragement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEzOa8weDA

There's a version of meaningful work that looks clean in the telling — the clear vision, the steady progress. And then there are the days when the mud is just mud, the days when it's oddly satisfying, the days when it feels like too much. All of it the same journey, moving toward something that tends to reveal itself along the way.

This week's reflection @ https://emotus.substack.com/p/what-does-it-mean-to-belong

#Belonging #CommunityResilience #ParkerJPalmer #LifeboatAcademy #Farmastery

Folks like to connect sentiments with colours. They say, #green is the #colour of #hope. I find green and #blue elevating and inspiring. This #door and building remind me that a home is for #comfort and #safety. Inspiration from old fortifications -> safety. Grand spaces feel intimidating. When owned, one will defend out of #fear, not #pride, nor from a sense of #accomplishment. Small homes please with #comfort & a sense of #belonging.
#twoone #Barcelona #Spain

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

In a world that magnifies division, gardens bring us together.

Have you ever visited a community garden?
- Yes
- Not Yet

www.globalactionplan.ie

#CommunityGardens #GrowTogether #Belonging #SocialConnection #Wellbeing

If you’re on this Earth, you’re not a passenger. You’re part of the crew. Let’s act like it. #Leadership #CollectiveResponsibility #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Teamwork #Belonging #WorkplaceCulture #ESG #ActNow #BeTheChange #SystemsThinking
https://medium.com/@mohindroo.sanjay66/there-are-no-passengers-on-spaceship-earth-we-are-all-crew-marshall-mcluhan-23ea7f2100c2

New Thinkydoers episode today:
For the quiet ones, the deep thinkers, and the socially anxious — this one’s for you.

This week, I’m joined by community strategist Carrie Melissa Jones for a conversation that flips the script on what it means to "belong."

We talk about creating spaces for connection that don’t require you to perform, show up constantly, or play pretend at extroversion.

#Thinkydoers #Podcast #QuietCommunity #Belonging #IntrovertLife #Introversion

Love and the Distance: The Role of Presence in Online Learning https://mikepaul.com/love-and-the-distance-the-role-of-presence-in-online-learning/ #Belonging, #Edd, #OnlineLearning, #PositiveAtmosphere, #ScienceOfLearningAndDevelopment, #VirtualLearning, #VirtualSchools

#Outsports is the next chapter in my #story — it feels like #cominghome.

#UK-based #journalist #JonHolmes has benefited greatly from the strong sense of #belonging that #Outsports offers #LGBTQ+ people. Now he’s excited to be #joining the #editorialteam.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Media #Entertainment #Sports #Representation #Culture

https://www.outsports.com/2023/8/14/23826220/jon-holmes-lgbtq-journalist-editor-outsports