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Anatomy of Human Connection
Who Are Your Body Parts?
What body part are you?
People are Like Body Parts
Their roles vary tremendously in our human experience. Some feel vital to life; some have a little less significant contribution, some we can live without, and some even like to keep making painful stones to carry and pass. Oddly, our view of who is what body part can be different among all of us.
Finding peace and joy in operating as a singular, autonomous individual is critical to wellness. However, a key feature of being human is that we are social creatures.
True, “social” can mean different things
Being a mom of neurodivergent humans, I know how different “social” is for every person. There must be billions of variations of what social need is or is not for an individual. Indeed, we have to figure that out for ourselves. I respect that the spectrum of relationships is as vastly different as this planet full of life. And let us remember the importance of our flora and fauna connections.
That being said, what is critical? Take, for example, the heart. Everyone reading this will have a unique, visceral reaction to that word. Many among us don’t have anyone in this life with this title. Some…
