Humans are social. We can live in isolation but, we live better when we interact. Unlike dogs we aren't too good in packs. Packs or herds of us tend towards trouble but, we are better when we interact. Going it alone is for short periods of renewal and restoration.
And, in a way, we are all dependent on one another. We are all connected to one another. Life is a great big web of interaction. Even those who like to go it alone are dependent, though they might not acknowledge it, on others. The clothes we wear; the food we eat; even the air we breathe and the water we drink makes us interdependent.
All of life as we know it is dependent upon God the Creator, God the Sustainer. Without the one who brought into being all that is we would not have the next breath.
However, not all interaction with other humans leads us toward the deep spiritual path of acknowledging dependence on God. Some human interaction may have us pleading with God for intervention.
People are people. Sometimes good. Sometimes not so good. Nonetheless, we are better when we interact than we are when we try to close in, shut down and believe we are better off alone.
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