How does one define, "Home".
What makes a Home?
Can a person have more than one "Home".
It is my opinion that a home is where one finds refuge, where someone feels most comfortable, where someone feels like they belong.
What is home to you?
2007-06-05 17:32:52 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Home is wherever I go at the end of the day, week....etc. and feel safe and comfortable. Right now I'm living abroad as a Peace Corps Volunteer. I have several 'homes'. :)
Home is my parent's house back in the U.S.
It's also the apartment I'm renting here.
And it's also my host family's place where I lived for my first few months in the country.
2007-06-05 17:40:04 · answer #1 · answered by *Honey Bun* 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I recently had to redefine this for myself. I moved 2,000 miles away from my birthplace, and had to find a new home. I've been here 7 months now. I didn't want to be here; I had always promised myself I would never leave there, but life had other plans. Now in a old new house, I woke up one day with an over whelming sense of peace attached to the feeling that I was "home." The feeling was unbidden, unexpected, and has continued for the last 3 months. Not as strongly as that first moment, but in a way that has me applying psychological concepts to my daily life intentionally. I now look for new friends, maintain connections with old friends, and find what there is to appreciate in my new environment.
2007-06-05 17:56:11 · answer #2 · answered by Jeanne B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can have more than one "home". I consider home the place where I live now in my apartment in Santa Barbara, but I also consider home my parents house in Chicago. Home is just a place where I have memories of life, and where I know that I can find people that care about me and will help me.
2007-06-05 17:59:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have the best answer to that and I have found to have more than one home. To me, home is where I have one room that is quiet, dark and smells good where I feel I have total control and can seek refuge whenever necessary.
2007-06-05 17:37:51 · answer #4 · answered by Karen Walker 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Home to me is wherever I am. It lives inside of me and I'm
just as comfortable outside or inside or at a friend's house
or on the road or in a hotel or in another country. Kind of
take my shell with me like a turtle.
2007-06-05 17:37:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HOME-to me, "is a place" whether it be in building or within the heart of someones arms of refuge,comfort,and belonging.
2007-06-05 17:40:29 · answer #6 · answered by Seeking 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My definition of "home' is where you hang your hat! Growing up in the military, you learn to hang your hat where you get moved to! Your family is always with you, no matter where you are in the world! You make the best of what you have when you have it!
2007-06-05 18:18:47 · answer #7 · answered by PSYCHO DAISY MAE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to me, home is not a place, it is people. Individually and collectively. People that I feel safe with, that I long to be with. Friends that I know will welcome and embrace me, even if I haven't seen them for years.
Home is the memory of my late father, my mom's cooking (that is not a good aspect of home :( ) My neice and nephew playing in the park.
2007-06-05 17:39:27 · answer #8 · answered by blakeallanmasters 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Home is where I feel safe and secure. Home is where I feel loved and cherished. Home is where I can be myself and not worry about what the rest of the world thinks of me.
2007-06-05 17:42:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you already have the definition for what home is for most people. I would add that its your space and you have control of what takes place in your space.
2007-06-05 17:41:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋