And my connection to the world returns. Bradford says we draw energy up through our feet. A joy from connection: tethered and latched onto nature and others. To feel the flow of give and receive.

Rand’s isolationist selfishness creates a circular loop entirely within myself.

That loop is a very healthy thing if some parts of it are in you and some are out: love, knowledge, strength, energy all flow into you and back out to the universe. In the healthiest relationships, whatever is passed along is improved by each node on the loop so that with each complete circle the energy is improved and improved.

Closed within myself, if one node trends in a bad direction, and then the next node, and all of a sudden it is hard for any one node to return the loop to a higher level.

Outside of me, however, are many strong nodes to replenish myself, that allow me to catch my breath to improve my own nodes and contribute again to the improving loop between myself, others and nature.

Just now, music and a smile outside the elevator—two higher outsides nodes, and all of a sudden my desire to write returns so that I might contribute positively again to the loop.