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Why belonging feels like permission we cannot give ourselves

There is a swimming hole that all the locals know about but I have been here two years and still feel too much like an outsider to ask where it is.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Community exists in the space between invitation and assumption but we often wait for explicit welcome rather than gentle participation.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Water — rivers lakes oceans?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.