home sweet home

What is it that makes us feel at home? Is it our fond attachment to our possessions? Is it an accumulation of our past memories? Is home our unique personal history, or the suitcases that we carry throughout our life? And if so, does that mean that we are choosing and selecting the memories that we fancy and call that home?

Can we feel at home anywhere?

For some of us home is a associated with comforting thoughts or nurturing images like mom’s pumpkin pie or our most beloved moment in front of the fireplace nestled in our favorite armchair. Or maybe for some of us home is associated with the relationships to our near and dear ones like the time spent with the kids and the family dog.

So, it seems as though home is not a static object or thing but a living dynamic energy that imbibes a feeling of nurturing, care and love. Remember that saying, ‘home is where the heart is’?

Well, if we look deeply home is inside us. If we are centered and comfortable in our very own skin then we can be home anywhere. Our lives are controlled and run by our habitual actions and patterns and if we find ourselves staying in a hotel room or a friends house and not able to fulfill our daily routine then all of a sudden we feel like we are not at home. If we can drop our attachment to our routine, be open to spontaneity and see the beauty all around us then we can experience that home is everywhere. Being centered in the boundary of our very own skin and having gratitude for everything outside of us allows for the comforts of home to present themselves to us.

Next time you are at a friend’s house and you notice the feeling that you want to run or escape ask yourself why? Simply tell yourself that home is all around nurturing you and see the shift that happens in your very being. See the restlessness transform into peace as you become aware that Mother Nature is providing a home for you everywhere you go.

Take down the boundaries and drop the suitcases. Home really is where the heart is. Be love, feel the caring mother earth and see that in any moment you can have the comforts of home.

Don’t just go home for the holidays be at home with yourself. There are no boarders. So, take down the picket fence.