Cults and community

[OneGrassRoot]

2. Better yet...

While I recognize support is important, I wish we could deprogram religious people but really ALL people, especially kids and teens, from thinking they need to BELONG to feel whole and worthy.

They need to know they belong on this Earth by virtue of being here. We may not be welcome everywhere, but we sure as shit belong. Most groups, regardless of original intent, end up with an inclusion/exclusion dynamic that constantly needs to be navigated.

Then again, I'm an introvert and socializing a lot in person exhausts me. For people who need that, I can see they would prefer some semblance of community. We are conditioned to find where we BELONG, which leads to so much grief. Let's normalize people realizing they already belong. Period.