If you were a giraffe, you probably would have been dropped on your head at birth, perhaps as much as a five foot fall, and in 30 minutes you would be standing up. By the end of the day your instincts would have you running with your mother across the savannah.
If you were a sea turtle you would have hatched out of an egg burried on a beach weeks ago by your mother who promptly left you there to swim out to sea and carry on with her life. You would by sheer instinct head for the water, dodging predators bent on your destruction for their breakfast. When you reach the water you would swim frantically for as much as 24 hours straight until you reach deep water where you are safer from predators.
But in all likelihood, you are neither a giraffe nor a turtle, your human birth meant that even if you were born with no complications at full term, you did not stand up within a half an hour, nor did you head for a swim in the ocean. What you did was get hungry and cry, get tired and fuss, mess your diaper and call for help. The human instinct is to connect. And when the grown ups in charge of you responded to your cries, you learned who you are, and what you can expect from humankind.
It takes us humans 18 years (give or take) to reach adulthood, but it takes connecting to survive, to thrive, and to mature. This is why we have families, our first connection, and the one that prepares us to connect with others in our uniquely human way. After you read this blog, take a moment to connect with someone in your family.
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