Finding Your Tribe

Part of belonging is finding your tribe and finding people that share your perceptions or values. That tribe can be nomadic, can exist in a Diaspora of dislocated clan members. The tribe can also be rooted, close-by and grow alongside you in community, family or landscape.

Your tribe can also be your nuclear family, your partner, parents and children. So many of us search for that ideal nuclear clan because we are simply searching for that place to belong - to place ourselves, to plant, land and to grow with.

Whatever the shape - we all need a tribe. A community of closeness, honesty, laughter and intimacy. Until it has been found or recognised, we must belong to ourselves, belong to those we love or have loved and belong to the earth and to the landscape around us.

Actively go out searching for those that make you feel at home, those that make you feel secure and those you resonate with deeply. By knowing yourself - having insight and knowledge into your own intentions and intuition - will you know when you have been met by a tribe member. These are people that radiate, encourage and incubate your path, pace and journey. Your tribe can be vast and expansive. They can elevate and inspire your choices. They can surprise and bewilder you. They can also be still and steady, reliable and stoic.

We all have multiple elements within us. Each tribe member lends different qualities, different attitudes and ingredients. As a collective - the tribe has the ability to strengthen and bolster a healthy, balanced and happy life. One filled with empathy, cross-fertilisation, depth and growth.

Go out looking for your tribe and make sure to nurture, nourish and tend to it.