John Donne famously wrote โno man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the mainโ. This 400-year-old wisdom is a reminder of the importance of relationships for humans. We donโt exist in isolation. Instead, we are relational beings who flourish in social interaction. When we live under the illusion of being a remote island, independent of others, we are destined for a life of painful and lonely isolation. Yet, whilst relationships are important to us as humans, they too can be places of pain.
