I recently found myself in multiple conversations about how to strike a balance between recognizing times when we need to be alone and the moments when we need nothing more than to be with others.  Needless to say, I didn’t get very far, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized there wasn’t a recipe to strike the balance. That could be because the balance is innate, engrained within the fabric of our beings from the beginning.  The very nature of being human is to be ourselves within the constructs of community.  Therefore, the truth lies in the paradox. Life has a way of dictating our needs.…