Discovering Neighborhood Friends: Creating Community You Can Walk To

Delighted Motherhood · Jun 13, 2023 · 39m

Deep in our gut, we all want to be friends with our neighbors.We want to know and be known –to live in spaces that feel safe and welcoming. We want to be loved, served, and cared for and we want to love, serve and care for others.But society in the West has become deeply fragmented. A new report by Harvard University researchers finds that 36 percent of Americans are experiencing “serious loneliness,” and some groups, such as young adults and mothers with small children, are especially isolated. And that can easily be us, right?How can we fight against the cultural norms of isolation and…