Wednesday, September 3, 2014

What is Home anyway?


"Home is knowing. Knowing your mind, knowing your heart, knowing your courage. If we know ourselves, we're always home, anywhere. " 
( Glinda, the Wizard of Oz )

I have often battled with answering this question. 
At times I think it is obvious, at others I have my doubts. 
Home is something in your mind, it is a concept and you can have many "homes" if you want just as you have many "identities" in your life. As a former extensive traveler I found my "home" in different countries with different kinds of people, ways of life and cultures. 
The "home" concept can help you live a great life if you widen, expand and share it with others….it can also be a terrible concept when you use it as a way to extend hate and violence. 
I like to feel that the world is my home, although I must admit that I get a lot of opposition to this from those who see "home" as more parochial, limited and "only for us"….that is already a different post…

Below is an article about home from the "homeless" perspective.



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