is it just a part of human nature to want to belong somewhere?

vision, direction, purpose is all very important, but without relationships, people, belonging, love...it seems pretty pointless.

yet, when someone or someones get too close, often that's when the defenses come up, in whatever your form of your favorite metaphor that may be: a wall, thorns, monster trucks..

we want (i want) to belong and yet, we isolate (i isolate) ourselves (myself). odd. yes, we are odd creatures. very odd indeed.