resisting disconnection

My head is very very full and so instead of writing a blog I'm sharing a picture with some very wise remarks from one of my friends:

I'm lucky & blessed to know some lovely, kind, generous, thoughtful people & have some wonderful wonderful friends smile emoticon heart emoticon

....in this part of the world where forging deep connections, building strong relationships, cultivating real closeness goes against everything which capitalism pushes & attempts to enforce.... waging daily battles against isolation, disconnection & closing ourselves off is integral to our survival & physical/mental/emotional health, & one of the many struggles within the fight for human liberation, personal & collective.... any relationship of love, closeness, connection, (with all of our inevitable complexities) is therefore a small victory to be cherished, held onto, remembered, and honoured.... heart emoticon