After sitting and walking meditation, we listened to part of a Brene Brown talk on how we relate to one another and to ourselves. In it, Brown suggests the following about belonging and connection:

I don’t think — when we’re our best selves with each other — I don’t think that’s what’s possible between people. I believe that’s what’s true between people. And I don’t think we have to work to make it true between people. I think we just have to get the stuff out of the way that’s stopping it from happening.