Sitting with our need for connection

The wind has been howling for a day or so, not just down the Hudson Valley in New York, but also on Samsø in Denmark. It makes me feel the two places are connected, not only in me but beyond.

And of course they are. We are. The vast majority of our problems as humans stem from not knowing that we are connected, not feeling it in our bones.

As I sit with that knowledge this morning, I feel into the vulnerability required to truly feel connected. The honesty. The willingness to say when we are wrong. The ability to see things from the outside. The courage it takes to articulate clear expectations of ourselves and others.

It’s not easy, friends.

But isolation is worse. Isolation is what gets us greed and inequity. Isolation is what makes us feel unseen and then haughty and then infinitely alone. Isolation is what gets us wars and climate disasters and the prison industrial complex.

I’ll take the hard work that comes with trying to be vulnerable any day. I won’t always succeed. But I will try.