Well, we've just about got everything moved - which means posts will be more regular soon - and of course, all this exertion has provoked a few thoughts. Some have already been jotted down as drafts and will be posted in time. In the meanwhile, here's some random musings.
What makes a place home? Is is the physical place? The memories created there? A combination? Or, rather, is it the manifestation of self and a sense of belonging? I'm inclined to believe the lattermost. We put into our homes - no matter how large or small - pieces of who we are. These pieces need not be material things. One can be as simple as that water stain that always looked like a face or the view from a particular window. By attaching emotions and thoughts to such things we make them ours. We may not in actuality own the things in that view but the view itself is ours.
Transitions - why are they so exciting and scary? The reason could be the same reason we fear death, that is, they are filled with the unknown. In every transition is potential for blessing and bane. Moreover, they are filled with the knowledge that things will never be this way again. Thus nostalgia is born, retrobias, and the sense that either moving forward towards "better" things or back to the "good ol' days" would increase the quality of our lives. In this, one never finds satisfaction in the present.
More to come but life intervenes.
2 comments:
I tend to feel that home is made by a combination of two things. First of all, to be called home a place needs to be imbued with a persons essence, as you said, parts of ourselves. Secondly, I believe there is a relational component to it. My house is home not just because I live there, but because it is a place where friends and family come and leave (possibly smaller) parts of themselves as well. I don't think I could ever really make a place home without the at least temporary addition of other people.
For a more simple answer, home is where my teddy bear is. :)-
I'm sure you'll make your next "den" well enough to get along with your needs
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