Connection Fuels Direction: Saving a Nation in Isolation

The benefits of connection are well known. From emotional to
social to spiritual to physiological health, connection with
other people influences our health at the macro and micro levels.
However, it seems that there is a concerted effort today to
isolate people from one another. After months of quarantine,
California's governor even declared that families couldn't gather
for Thanksgiving inside their homes, and if they decided to join
together in the cathartic act of singing, they should wear a mask
and sing softly. But this is not the only arena where isolation
is becoming the norm. The foundations our children form in
childhood and their teen years will influence the way they act
and interact, the way they work and play, the way they think and
speak and vote. The influences we surround ourselves with will
foster the beliefs and behaviors that determine the ultimate
outcome of our lives.