Home Is Where the Heart Is

I am feeling very nostalgic at the moment. My house is in the process of being packed up to move and one can not help but to sit back and reflect.  My guess is that most readers will understand the connection that you personally develop with a home. It doesn't matter what size or where it is located...we make it what it is. The following passage is from Daily OM. I receive them everyday and enjoy what they have to say. Often time they are the 'pick me up' that I need to start the day. This particular one is a keeper.  The last sentence sums it up perfectly 'you know you have found your home when both your physical environment and energetic surroundings are in harmony with the individual you are within'.

When I start to feel a bit overwhelmed by it all I find this a comforting thought. The life of an expat has its challenges and reality checks are neverending. I read something like this and look forward to the possibilities before me, remembering that 'home is a feeling you carry, inside yourself, wherever you are'.

Wherever You Are

Home Is Where the Heart Is

The word "home" has a wide variety of connotations. To some, home is merely a place where basic needs are addressed. To others, home is the foundation from which they draw their strength and tranquility. Still, others view home as a place inexorably linked to family. Yet all these definitions of home imply somewhere we can be ourselves and are totally accepted. There, we feel safe enough to let down our guard, peaceful enough to really relax, and loved enough to want to return day after day. However, these qualities need not be linked to a single space or any space at all. Home is where the heart is and can be the locale you live in, a community you once lived in, or the country where you plan to live someday. Or home can be a feeling you carry inside yourself, wherever you are.
The process of evolution can require you to undergo transformations that uproot you. Moving from place to place can seem to literally divide you from the foundations you have come to depend on. Since your home is so intimately tied to the memories that define you, you may feel that you are losing a vital part of yourself when you leave behind your previous house, city, state, or country. And as it may take some time before you fashion new memories, you may feel homeless even after settling into your new abode. To carry your home with you, you need only become your own foundation. Doing so is merely a matter of staying grounded and centered, and recognizing that the pleasures you enjoyed in one place will still touch your heart in another if you allow them.
Your home can be any space or state of being that fulfills you, provided you are at peace with yourself and your surroundings. A person can feel like home to you, as can seasons and activities. If you feel disconnected from what you once thought of as home, your detachment may be a signal that you are ready to move one. Simply put, you will know you have found your home when both your physical environment and energetic surroundings are in harmony with the individual you are within.

Here are a few cherished spaces that I will hold near and dear...

Thank you for taking the time to hear my story....

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