Where do we belong?

We all belong to something that we feel part of. Sometimes it gets submerged underneath the day to day, but it's always there.

The origins of the word are rooted in "to be fitting, to be suitable". It is an idea far beyond the simple idea of simplex "ownership"; it is duplex, mutual - belonging to each other as part of a greater whole.

When I was young, I was fortunate to have a Grandmother straight out of a book of Archetypes - all baking, white hair and unconditional love - who told me to be careful about what I owned, in case it turned round and thought it owned me. It was counsel around debt and a long time on, I'm grateful for it. When we buy something by incurring debt, we incur an unforgiving obligation, and it's easy for the obligation to direct our lives. Mortgages are one thing, but debt for short term consumables entirely another. Like most of us, I know, I've been there.

I thought bout it this morning as I listened to the news about the formation of a football super league. I…