In preparation for a talk that I’m doing next week, I’ve been reflecting on what is community? Sure, it’s a group of beings who share something (space, interest, values, mission, etc). And yes, we know the science of how we’re hard-wired to be part of a group for survival. But what happens if I drop into heart coherence and reflect on community? The question becomes, what does it feel like to be part of a community? Connection, on various levels, is what community gifts us. F

Encouragement can come from unexpected places. I was at the gas station the other day filling up my car tank and there was no receipt paper at the stall. I’d paid for a carwash and needed the code, so I went inside to get it. The worker called something I couldn’t decipher from the back where I couldn’t see him. I waited at the counter. As he approached he asked how I was. I told him well and asked him how he was. “Another day,” he replied, out of habit or fatigue I don’t kno