Longing and Belonging in Runner’s Club

Recently I’ve wondered about the connection between the English words “longing” and “belonging”. Isn’t belonging one of our greatest longings in life? Don’t we all have some deep, inner desire to belong to a community of like-minded people?

In this short excerpt, author Justin McRoberts shares some of his inner-monologue as he recognized his belonging as a runner. Incidentally, this story provides at least some explanation for the modern…