On Belonging Belonging is important for our growth to independence; even further, it is important for our growth to inner freedom and maturity. It is only through belonging that we can break out of the shell of individualism and self-centredness that both protects and isolates us. However, the human drive for belonging also has its pitfalls. There is an innate need in our hearts to identify with a group, both for protection and for security, …showed first 75 words of 903 total…

…showed last 75 words of 903 total…sense of superiority? One of the fundamental issues for people to examine is how to break down these walls that separate us from one another; how to open up one to another; how to create trust and places of dialogue. We can begin by seeing the other person in all their weaknesses, but in their weakness, recognize our own weaknesses and realize that they have something to give to us as we have to them.