Cherished Belonging as Collective Healing

Let us commit to building a community where everyone is cherished. In the kinship of God, exclusion has no place. Nobody is disposable, and everybody matters. We refuse to divide the world into categories of deserving and undeserving. Everyone holds unshakable goodness. Everyone belongs. These convictions are not abstract ideals. They are practical truths that guide our decisions, our relationships, and how we respond to suffering. Healing does not require saviors. It requires people willing to stand with others in their full humanity. We choose to live from a place where compassion becomes the norm, not the exception. We want to see each other clearly and honor the wholeness already present. That is how transformation begins.

May we go forth committed to belonging,
seeing with compassion, and honoring
the unshakable goodness in all.

(inspired by Gregory Boyle, Cherished Belonging)