This is my 21st episode to help cast off 2021. I feel it is fitting to look back on the years behind me, my healing and overcoming of ulcerative colitis and regard my journey through the lens of community, my closeness and distance to it. In this episode I discuss the sense of camaraderie I encountered in the company of classmates, co-workers and colleagues in the various places I studied and the jobs I worked. While I have healed through connecting with my higher self and heart, the fuller sense of community has always remained elusive. This episode is bittersweet as I remember the good souls that helped guide and change my perspectives on life changing matters. I am grateful and sometimes wistful. Otherwise...otherwise... I wish everyone a happy and wondrous New Year. We all deserve it. Thank you for listening.