Jimmy Baldwin used to talk about us “achieving ourselves,” finding who we are, what we’re here for and making that possible for each other.*
Vincent Harding

The soul of an individual is the longing inside each person for a greater sense of belonging, for a new country. We go through most workdays forgetting that this great migratory force exists within us.**
David Whyte

Even in this modern world of ultra-individual-ism,^ we
are not alone – the original meaning of
“individual” means “indivisible,” and perhaps the end of
all our solo journeyings will be to find ourselves
with others, and, certainly,
To “achieve ourselves” will mean that we have had some help –
Yesterday afternoon I was in conversation with some of the people
who helped me in this way – my friend Alex sharing how he will not
speak of individuals but only of persons because of our
connectedness, and, in the evening, I was with a
small group of people exploring dreamwhispering for the first time
in a conversation that flowed this way and that as
everyone shared from their lives – experiencing something of how
we are indivisibles.

*Krista Tippett’s Becoming Wise;
**David Whyte’s Crossing the Unknown Sea;
^”Isms” are always the problem.