A readiness to connect
I want to start this blog firstly with a quote from a book that I am currently reading, "The choice to love is a choice to connect-to find ourselves in the other." (bell hooks, "all about love") This quote from chapter six hit me, because we take for granted the connection we seek in others. When we are first born we are all given to our caregiver - skin-to-skin bond ties the caregiver to the baby. Even from birth we crave human connection. When COVID hit and we were all stuck in the house the one thing that kept so many of us sane was the connection we found in other humans. Even in times of fear we risk it all for a sense of connection. When bell hooks emphasizes the point of connection in another: I offer a counter point, that we seek connection in anyone that is able to truly see us. We connect with strangers on a daily basis, but it is ever that rare that we create an interpersonal relationship with someone that sees beyond our fears. Being seen by someone ...
