We all understand the need for us to connect at some level with others ,at home or in our workplace. We have family groups,work groups and masses of other activities ranging from sporting to self help groups.
I recently went to a workshop where Dave Winsborough talked about the instinctive behaviour of people in crisis. He called it ‘cohesion in crisis’. Cohesion_in_Calamity_HRINZMag2011 (2) If you recall the pictures on TV of strangers helping each other during the February earthquake in Christchurch working together as a sense as a team without giving thought to their own danger.
The need for people to instictively reach out and group together as we have done since mankind began. This grouping behaviour seems to have other implications.
You will also recall a certain recent fiasco with Mr Weiner and his odd pictures of himself sent to women who had apparently never met him. So called celebrities tweeting their vacuous thoughts to any one who will listen. Are they seeking to connect and be part of a global group?
So what makes the difference between a group and someone seeking a group?…well maybe not too much.We all need to find others who we can connect with,whether it be in a time of crisis or just an everyday feeling of need
There is truth in the saying “Individually we are one drop.Together we are an ocean”