Home.
What does it really mean?
I think it can be a tricky question for most people to answer, of course off the bat most would say well home is home, after all you would know best where home is for you, wont you?
Well I've got some mixed feelings about these things, yeah it's nice being back home it really is, but what would have been nicer if home was in a different place, but then again once home is "there" would you want home to change again once you've got it.
I spoke to the Betty a while back and asked her that if she grew up next to the seaside, if she would have the same love and urge to go back there every time? I mean think about it, if you grow up with that scenery would you still see it? Do most people living by the seaside actually notice the sea? I don't mean staring at it blankly, but where you can gaze and almost tear up at the beauty of it all?
Would you? Would you really?
After all it's only a different environment in which you grow up, perhaps just a little bit bluer than most. The same goes for someone living in the shadow of a enormous mountain on which they can bestow their eyes upon everyday. Chances are slim.
Most people don't see the beauty around them anymore. I feel this is because where ever home is, is the rush too.
I mean come on, we've all got a job to do and unfortunately that takes up most of our time, I won't say that I really work myself to death, I've got lots of free time on my hands it just feels shorter I suppose. We all know that time flies while having fun. But once you hit that rushed life where you have to meet deadlines and have too much responsibility for your own good you tend to skip out on the joyous moments in life.
Like that beautiful sunset between the buildings because the anger of road rage has taken you over. I sometimes feel that people take everything for granted, I mean come on, you woke up this morning isn't that an achievement in it's own little way?
I once heard a saying "Focus on the step and not the staircase. And it makes so much more sense to me today than it did 5 years ago, and now I live by it!
Never make the mistake of looking at the heap of troubles just growing more and more, but rather take it as they come. Take stress for an example, yeah okay I know it's hard not to stress because it's something you normally don't have control over, but stressing over a situation isn't worth it your just wasting valuable time in which you could have made a change, stressing won't make it any better but it can make it worse!
Always remember tomorrows sunrise might come without you! Live each day as if it was your last!
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I agree that people don't take the time to appreciate the beauty around them.
I program myself the see the best in the worst of places. Being able to do this means that home could be anywhere. I'm actually "home", home, back at my parents' house where I grew up. It was 9 years since I was last here. Yet the minute I stepped into the house, it felt like I never left, and that yes, I was home.
I'm a loner, and there are very few things that come close to the value I have for my solitude; Still, I could not feel at home anywhere that I felt uncomfortable amongst the people.
I think that if you grew up close to the sea or any other beautiful natural scenery, even if you don't appreciate it and would do anything to escape, after a while you'll develop an appreciation that makes you yearn to be back at that place:)
Can you imagine! That must feel amazing! This makes me wonder how the house I grew up in looked like right now. Interesting.
It's really amazing and I'm happy that both parents are alive and well:)
Home use to be a more relaxing place, an escape. But since the lockdowns and now remote work, it is no longer that. Work has crept further and further into the day, leaving less spare time for things that actually make us happy.
We can improve though. One step at a time.
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And that's the saddest part of it all.
And most of us are standing by idly.
Well being a surfer I like to live near the sea! It's pretty important. I think Cape Town is the only city I would enjoy living in... Otherwise I would probably prefer a smaller town instead...
The path we have chosen to go is the place we wise to land. This is why choosing the path calls for proper reasoning so that we can look back and say I made a right choice.
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I was born and raised near the sea and I confess that where the sea is I always feel a bit at home, however it is something that gives me security.
However, I also love the mountains and I have lived in towns far from the sea and found myself just as comfortable.
I am very fond of my land but I have lived, including my hometown, in 7 different cities; finally in my long wanderings I learned that home is the place where I live.
I feel like a citizen of the world and I believe that in the end we all live under the same sky so home can be anywhere.
The one sure thing is that today, wherever I live, home is where my wife is; when she's next to me any place can be called home.
Thanks for the awesome sharing!
Lovely post. I've never left my country to live somewhere and I've mostly lived in or near the capital my whole life. It's not always been easy to feel at home here but I do now, for sure. I believe that home isn't a specific place or time, but rather an attitude that we can take about ourselves. Our minds, spirits and emotions are home, we carry them everywhere we go. This perspective has allowed to continue being fascinated and curious about my environment no matter how many times I've seen it. Finding beauty in commonality is the best way to live, in my view. Blessings on your own path!
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I often wonder the same :)
When I see homes with marvelous views of the horizon. Do the people there still appreciate their space or are the stressing out and rushing around trying to keep the dream alive?
Mostly... I think it's the latter :/
Food for thought.
That's a good question, I wonder if these people are even home most of the time to even notice the view 🤣
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What a waste... we should gate crash out of season. Half are prolly holiday homes as well 😈