Our New Relationship to the World We Live In. We live now in a world of very local boundaries that have implications both outside and inside creating an unease in those of us who do not fit anywhere or in a particular situation. Our new boundaries separate us from the rest of close humanity. At times we are neither inside nor outside. We try to reach the other side but can do so for only a limited period or task. On a positive side, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794) wrote “It costs too much to shine in the world. How much I will love my retreat! To live happy, live hidden”. Many of us can do this successfully for short periods but can we all do this for 6 to 18 months? Boundaries change with experience, age, job, retirement, definition, etc. By the time I was in my early 40’s, I had moved fourteen times in several states and two countries. Life had no specific geographical boundaries. I was a career nomad but never a sense of loss or helplessness; however, there are those who have a sense of “...How can we create? How can we rejoice in our achievements? We are severed from the universe and do not realize that we stand alone in this world with no one to care for us...”.