Connect

We were all born into a web of human connections with our parents & siblings at its center, and it branched out to other family members & and a host of all their human connections.

Our core connections were vital to our survival, development and well-being, particularly in our childhood. And these connections developed into bonds of trust, which are naturally designed to last until death parts us.

In addition to these core connections, there are others within this web, and they all form a large network of people working together in varying degrees to continue to provide shelter, clothing, water, food and energy for most of us throughout our lifetime.

Additionally, other things are made available through this extensive network by way of economic exchange, such as healthcare & education, art & entertainment and modes & means for travel, transportation & communication.

Since these provisions were consistently being made, we naturally came to trust those who provided them and we naturally expected that they would remain.

The Reconstruction of Society

In the past 30 years, I have seen our society undergo a massive transformation, thanks to the Internet and the eventual hand-held devices nearly everyone now carries to connect themselves to it.

This technology has enabled everyone to easily & instantly connect to everything and everyone operating through the World Wide Web.

Before 2020, we were already experiencing a high level of disconnection from that which was physically standing in our midst as a result of the lure of what could be seen, heard & done through our various screens.

But then in 2020, when we were told to mask up & socially distance ourselves, and the bulk of our economy was shut down for many months, our society experienced a tectonic shift.

Not only were our overall & individual ways of life effected, but many of the connections we had before broke and bonds of trust were severed.

Now, post-2020, people are having to navigate (or even find) a new way of life, while dealing with fallout from the havoc wreaked on our previous connections. And I can’t help but think that there must be some who are desiring new connections — with people — whom they can trust.

Why? Because human beings need their fellow man in order to survive, not only in the world manufactured by men, but in the natural world. We can’t live for long, let alone very well, without the aid & support of someone else.

Therefore, it is essential that we all connect to somebody we can trust on a personal level, and then to many bodies who we can trust will aid & support us on a broader scale without harming us. And then we need to figure out how to operate within this new web of connections in order to survive & eventually thrive going forward.

So how do we do that?

We have to take a risk and reach out & touch someone and communicate with them.

[This page was last updated on 4/6/25.]