On Connection

 Quite often, many of the ways in which we are connected, those less apparent, less tangible, become lost in the increasing din of everyday life. They lose their importance; their value; their priority. Yet they are always there. And though our sense of community; our awareness of and attention to these many connections, may wax and wane, it, too, is always there. And when, through conversation, through the sharing of stories or experience, or self, we have occasion to tap into this stream of energy and connection it can make even the most intangible palpable, almost heady. It is electric. It is humbling. It may be unnerving, but when we suddenly see and feel and shiver from the sacred power of that shared connection; that mutual understanding, it is pure magic. The hair raises on the back of the neck, we look and smile at each other in recognition, and nothing can ever take that moment away.

A Quote:

WHAT IS “VILLAGING?”

“I am a villager, and I am part of a village in Philadelphia. Simply put, villaging means realizing that People Need People. I was raised believing that there is nothing more successful in life than in serving others. Villaging is rooted in the understanding that people should be supportive of one another all the time when such support is needed, or requested. In fact, there is really not much that people can do by themselves. Villaging is accepting that “together we are better”. - Shafik Asante, from his book: When Spider Webs Unite