All of us are searching for the same sense…
Page 170. All of us are searching for the same sense of belonging, that it’s OK to be here in Adler psychology, however a sense of belonging is something that one can attain only by making an active commitment to the community of one’s own accord, and simply not by just being there.
— from Friends, Community & Society (Relationships/Community/Society) · Courage to be Disliked
In the book
Here is why all of this matters more than the bank balance or the title. Every human being, underneath everything, is searching for the same simple thing — the sense that it is okay to be here, that one belongs. A community, at its heart, is nothing more complicated than a group of people who care about something and pursue it together. — Friends, Community & Society (Relationships/Community/Society)