Where is your home?

There is a door that stands in front of you. Picture it. What does it look like? Picture its size, shape, color. What design do you see on the door? Are there intricate carvings or is the door plain? You know this door. You cannot place where it is from, but you have seen it before. It is special to you. When the hinges turn and that door swings open, what is before you? More and more, you begin to notice that you are somewhere you want to be, somewhere familiar and safe; you realize you are home. 

So where is your door? Where is your home? Do you remember the home where you were raised, the home where you held your first memories? Does your mind take you to the home that you live in now, the home that currently occupies your mind? Do you see something else? Some see two places as home to them, where the door opens and they feel the security and familiarity that lies behind the door. For many, that second place is a family home, a friend's house, or even their school, surrounded by their friends.

Not everyone is so fortunate to have a place where they are free from fear and anxiety, a place to call home. For these people, they create a home away from home, a place where they can find solace when they are in need of it. Many times people who are unable to identify a home seem lost where they are. To not feel safe or be yourself where you are is the biggest restraint in progressing through life. These restraints mar the ability to find your place in the world. They hold you back from success, from your life, from your dreams.

Ask yourself, “where is my home?” You may have a place that you can call home, a place that is always there when you need it. Maybe home is where your family is, where you can be with your friends or where you go to escape from the fears and troubles in life and find a moment of serenity in a chaotic world. Home is where your heart is, it's where you make it. The idea of the home is the most important thing in the world. If you cannot feel comfortable or safe, how can you expect to be happy where you are. Wherever you are, wherever you stay, ask yourself, “Am I home?” 

This home can be a place, it can be the feeling you get around certain people, or an idea. As long as you have somewhere or something that takes you away and makes you feel safe, you have found a home. 

Find the place that makes you laugh. Find the place that makes you smile. Find the place where you can dream. Find the place where you feel safe, where you know you will always be welcome. Once you find it, hold onto it, because even if it is not a place, and just an idea, that idea is a part of who you are, and it will never leave you.