isolation

I've learned and observed a few things about isolation.

• it is hardly ever helpful
• it is not the same as solitude
• it makes us incredibly vulnerable 

• it is the easy path initially, but the results are a thousand times harder than had we lived in community
• inside it, our perspectives become ridiculously skewed
• it is often the choice when there is pain or the need to be perfect
• it is the thing we want most when we're in pain
• it is the thing we need least when we're in pain
• it is the opposite of unity and fellowship
• it is a prideful tactic: thinking we can go it alone, when our original design demands we live in community
• it is disobedience (sin?) to how God called us to live
• it is incredibly hard to cultivate community: vulnerability and humility are requirements
• true community is like a warm fireplace in a big log cabin after a long day out in the cold