Are you connected to your home? Would removing you from it remove you from your memories, to what you have learned, to what you love not because of how it looks but because of what you have invested? A wandering brother once said that he never felt like I did and he had lived in many houses because of his work. To be a home it must be invested with the soul of one, with the emotions and with the love.
It should take two people to build a home and a family. But in many cases, too many of late, it is but one. It can be one of meagre surroundings. It can be of any type, in any country, in any place. But with the place should be invested the emotional growth and in recollection, should be one of acceptance. If the place is simply a house, a place to sleep in and a place to leave, we have a rootless society, with no connection either to themselves or to their place of origin. And their origin means the place where they became aware of themselves and respected for their persons.
When a place is created that is secure in the minds of the children, when what is created is of love, then what is given is a freedom to fly and then to come back. Not necessarily to the physical place but to the secure emotional place within that has given them a rooting. Those with no penchant for traveling will in time realize that rooting is taken with them and is not lost. But for those whose hearts are secured within the place they have given their best, have taken their responsibilities to the highest and best they could envision, these attributes give to the children and the adults a confidence that world events cannot shake. It gives them a grounding where the earth itself becomes home and a love for it that never dims.
They will forever hear in their minds and hearts the voice who greeted the morning and was servant to the day. This is where the heart rests. They will feel their connection to their earth no matter where their home is. They do not spend their lives looking for a place to call home because they were rooted when it was necessary by those who loved them. They will find wherever they are that they are at home. The earth will never be an alien place, a foreign place.
Where the heart is will always be home.
2 responses to “Where The Heart Is”
I am deeply connected to my home, Veronica. It’s my favorite place to be. I love the outdoor space as well and look with wonder at the same view everyday as the light changes and think, “I live here.” “Lucky me.” Thank you for your beautiful words.
Terri, I am deeply rewarded when my words find a someone who can relate to what I say and takes time to tell me. My turn to say thank you.