You Belong Here
A meditation on place, belonging and the question of purpose
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
“Belonging” is in the rage right now.
The poem Wild Geese by the late Mary Oliver has saved many lives who don’t feel belonged. Brene Brown wrote about it in one of her latest books. More and more people are asking themselves these questions as modern globalization is uprooting traditional communities and forms of belonging. Especially for those who live in multiple countries and cultures, the question of belonging burns even deeper. In the modern workplace, if you don’t have a conversation about it, you’ll surely lose your best people.
Searching for that place to be rooted in, finding your own tribe, crafting the work that you love.. all of that are different expressions by the modern humans of the same need for belonging.
Belonging, revisited.
The question of belonging is deeply personal. I’m thinking of a dear loving friend who has created her own lovely nest in a foreign country. She brings people together and even built her…
