belongingness hypothesis

Have you ever felt that pro­found, qui­et joy of being part of some­thing larg­er than your­self? Per­haps it was in the shared laugh­ter of a book club, the qui­et cama­raderie of a neigh­bor­hood cleanup, or the roar of a crowd cheer­ing a shared vic­to­ry. This feeling—the deep, com­fort­ing sense of belong­ing—is not just a pleas­ant…