You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's alright.
- Maya Angelou
A home is a place where one lives. Not necessarily a house, but a place where someone can feel safe and in harmony. A home is an area where you can learn and obtain values of what you want and need in your life. While in a home you don’t need a reason to be there, it’s somewhere you can be when you are not doing anything, or need some time to rest. Within a home you can find love, whether the love is for another being, or if the emotion is directed towards an individuals values. I find that human’s work like gravity with their homes. Where or what ever their homes may be is the earths core or heart. Humans, being the gravity may float around in the atmosphere doing what ever it is they desire, but naturally, they will always be dragged back to their home. The home may have changed location, but humans will discover their new home and return. Even if it is just for a few brief moments we will always come back.
“I want to go home” is a phrased used so commonly used in the English language, but when we say it we really don’t realize what we want. When someone states they want to go home they are usually scared, uncomfortable, tired, bored, sick etc… People don’t want to go home because of the homes physical qualities. They want to go home because there is a psychological and emotional attachment to their habitat and that is where they are comfortable. Some may argue I don’t mind being away from home for long periods of time, I enjoy being on the road and travelling. Well besides the fact you’re a hippy, this means that the road is your home, because you feel comfortable when you have less boundaries and limitations, nothing to restrain you from doing what you desire. Christopher McCandless from the true story of Jon Krakauer’s novel Into The Wild lived his life with no limitations and his home was constantly changing. He travelled all across the United States in search to find his harmony and what he valued. He eventually settled in Alaska for two years, he lived out in the wilderness with no more then a pound of rice, a rifle, some Wal-Mart boots, a jacket, a fishing net, a machete, a long sleeved shirt, a pair of jeans and a lot of courage and hope. Christopher believed that he had finally found what he was searching for deep in the wild of Alaska. It was happiness, which is what made him feel like he was home sweet home.
“I want to go home” is a phrased used so commonly used in the English language, but when we say it we really don’t realize what we want. When someone states they want to go home they are usually scared, uncomfortable, tired, bored, sick etc… People don’t want to go home because of the homes physical qualities. They want to go home because there is a psychological and emotional attachment to their habitat and that is where they are comfortable. Some may argue I don’t mind being away from home for long periods of time, I enjoy being on the road and travelling. Well besides the fact you’re a hippy, this means that the road is your home, because you feel comfortable when you have less boundaries and limitations, nothing to restrain you from doing what you desire. Christopher McCandless from the true story of Jon Krakauer’s novel Into The Wild lived his life with no limitations and his home was constantly changing. He travelled all across the United States in search to find his harmony and what he valued. He eventually settled in Alaska for two years, he lived out in the wilderness with no more then a pound of rice, a rifle, some Wal-Mart boots, a jacket, a fishing net, a machete, a long sleeved shirt, a pair of jeans and a lot of courage and hope. Christopher believed that he had finally found what he was searching for deep in the wild of Alaska. It was happiness, which is what made him feel like he was home sweet home.
Home is not where you live but where they understand you.
- Christian Morgenstern
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