Home is where the heart is. I used to think that home was where your loved ones were. Lately, I have sometimes felt at home being by myself, which is a feeling. Though, it is inconsistent.
There are too many times when I am by myself and only think of this place and other places I lived as a residence. There are no loved ones staying here, and I am mostly comfortable and okay being by myself, but I would prefer to have someone. Home is not about having great self-love and calling it home. It is about two or more people who live together sharing a place of love but sometimes, drama, too. Honestly, either an apartment or trailer cannot be home for me. Thus, home and house are remarkably close in definition and the same thing. Though, as written in this post Love the Home You Have points out that you can make any place home.
Home Is Where the Heart Is and May Be a Person
Today, my heart continues to be restless and settling down is not happening for me right now. I just hope my home is a beautiful place, not by the conditioned world and government. Home is for heroes, which I do not claim to be. As Dorothy in the movie ‘Wizard of Oz’ realized, “there’s no place like home” while she tapped her heels together wearing ruby red slippers. This is so true that we live in a dream. When we wake up from the dream, that may be when home appears. The values in your heart best define your home. Home is about sharing experiences and lives. It is a place you can be yourself.
Home can exist anywhere, too. Your home may be just spending a day on the lake fishing. Home could be a person who loves you. When someone welcomes us into their home, give it deep respect and drop any judgement of it. The feeling of being without a home came to me shortly after my mother passed. My anxiety got worse, and my mental afflictions heightened a little bit after her death, too. Here is another post about accepting life and removing fear.
I would like to own a home, which I have not experienced yet, because that is where my heart would be if so. It is part of the American dream of having and living in a home of your own.