Ummmm....do I belong?
The idea of "belonging" to something or someone is an age-old concept. When we say we "belong" we are saying we are in some type of relationship - one in which the members have something in common. When we "belong", we possess the "proper" qualifications to be part of the group, don't we? Back in the day, it was popular to "belong" to the country club, hanging out on Friday nights or Saturdays as the big bands played dance music and enjoying the fine foods prepared by the chefs for their members. You associated "belonging" with a sense of some "status", did you not? By "belonging" to the country club, you were somehow set apart from those who could neither afford to belong, or who simply had no idea how to play golf or tennis! We might "belong" to the Chamber of Commerce, the local women's society, or an elite biker's club who travel the highways on their shiny, well-equipped mo...