Quotes About Belonging

As a committed Christian, I have always struggled with locked doors—doors by which we on the inside lock out "the others"—Jews, Muslims, Mormons, liberals, doubters, agnostics, gay folks, whomever. The more we insiders succeed in shutting others out, the more I tend to feel locked in, caged, trapped.

That's Kline," he said. "We know and love him. He's like a person to us.

Still," said Ramse. "You're not much. You're what you are and we love you for it, but you're not much.

Even if I did speak Irish, I'd always be considered an outsider here, wouldn't I? I may learn the password but the language of the tribe will always elude me, won't it? The private core will always be ...hermetic, won't it?

We're all aliens to someone. Even among our own people, most of us still feel like complete foreigners from time to time.

She held him, her arms tight about him, she had never understood it, but when they met, she and her sister and brothers, suddenly all of their wives, husbands, and children seemed members of another race, no part of the Family, that family whose allegiances antedated all others.

A museum is an institution like a library where everything has a place, everything belongs.

11Jesus, the Holy One, makes us holy. And as sons and daughters, we now belong to his same Father,n so he is not ashamed or embarrassed to introduce us as his brothers and sisters!

the illusion of safety I didn't even know I was feeling – the safety of being in a group, the safety of numbers – disappears.

Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody. "Your very own words," indeed ! And who are you?

Home is where my mom is.

Maybe that's the problem with being someplace beautiful: it makes it impossible to live anywhere else that's not.

The boy planted his hands on his hips and a broad smile lit his face. "My name's Peter. Can I play too?

My name's Peter. Can I play too?

and a man who spends Christmas by himself was indeed a man alone in the world.

I find peace anywhere I go. It depends on what is within the walls of my own home.

Imagine a world with just you and God. In this world, you have a present, personal, and indisputable sense that He is all yours and you are all His.

You're saying that man "makes" his territory by naming the "things" in it?

Family isn't blood," she said bitterly, continuing to back away. "Family is who loves you, who takes care of you.

Luster, bring me home.

belonging and being loved are core to the human experience. We are a social species; we are meant to be in community-emotionally, socially, and physically interconnected with others. If you look at the fundamental organization and functioning of the human body, including the brain, you will see that so much of it is intended to help us create, maintain, and manage social interactions. We are relational creatures.

Your connectedness to other people is so key to buffering any current stressor—and to healing from past trauma. Being with people who are present, supportive, and nurturing. Belonging.

belonging and being loved are core to the human experience. We are a social species; we are meant to be in community—emotionally, socially, and physically interconnected with others.

The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation. I