If you have happened to come across a framework named Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, you must have noticed the third level that speaks of Social Needs. Before you begin to wonder what this framework is, let me explain – It is a motivational theory primarily studied as a part of psychology that specifies the importance of human needs in a decreasing order. A typical Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs pyramid will tell you about social needs on the third level which is generally exemplified as a sense of love and Belonging. Being a fairly important non-materialistic need, belongingness has a number of interpretations – to some it is acceptance, to others it signifies feeling one with an emotion, person, place etc. The feeling of security and protection, able to let go of inhibitions leading to free expression are a few other connotations of belongingness. You may be a social animal, you may love your solitude. What is common here is that you still have the need to belong. Most of us seek valu...