I’ve had conversations lately about the difficulty in making new friends as an older, childless person. So many people my age are still raising children or doting on grandchildren that it is hard to find single people in my life stage for social connections. It’s often lonely.
I thought of this when I was at our town’s No Kings rally yesterday. I’m not sure that the protest will make any difference in policy or practice, but what it did do was bring many like-minded people together. It was nice to have that connection, however fleeting. I talked with more people at the rally than I have in months.
One of the signs said, “Things are so bad that even the introverts are here.” Why does it take a protest for that connection to happen? Be intentional about crafting ways to bring people together for social reasons beyond rallies. You and your community will be better because of it.
