…”to be” is to be with.” Reality is “being with another” in a way open to more union and more being. Since being is existence toward another, being relational and exists for the sake of giving. I do not exist in order that I may possess; rather I exist in order that I may give of myself, for it is in giving that I am myself. Cosmic life is intrinsically communal. Being is first a “we” before it can become an “I.” There is no being who can stand up and say “I did it alone.” Rather, the universe is thoroughly relational and in the framework of love.
The Unbearable Wholeness of Being, by Ilia Delio, p. 45.