“Until you conquer the fear of being an outsider, an outsider you will remain.” -C.S. Lewis
In a lecture titled The Inner Ring, Lewis speaks of a desire that he saw at the base of much of our action — the desire to belong.
We spend our lives trying to get into and stay inside social groups that Lewis calls “Rings.”
“I believe that in all men’s lives at certain periods, and in many men’s lives at all periods between infancy and extreme old age, one of the most dominant elements is the desire to be inside the local Ring and the terror of being left outside.”
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