When I refer to a person who is searching for a home, the first thing that may pop into your head is a homeless person who doesn’t have a place to live. But many of us who may be leading comfortable lives in our houses still may not feel like we have a home.
What is home? Is it the house in which we live, the people whom which we live or the place that makes us feel most comfortable? While we can all agree that your house is the place in which you’re currently living, a house is not synonymous with a home.
I was raised across the country, in a variety of different states and cities. The longest that I have ever lived in one house was for four years, and that house is definitely not the place that I consider to be home. Since “home” could never be a physical location for me, I’ve had to define home in other ways.
As young adults, many of us may still be searching for our home. We may live a house we’re familiar with, even one that we’ve lived in our entire lives, and yet a part of us may still feel like something is missing. Whether you’re in high school, about to move in to a college dorm or in your own apartment, it’s completely okay to feel lost. Many of us are still trying to figure out who we are. We are still trying to discover our purpose on earth and what we want to do. Until then, our home should be our safety net. It should be the place where we can escape our fears and responsibilities and just feel comfortable.
For me, while I may not I have a place to call home, I have amazing people in my life that are my home. My definition of home is my family, who have been the only constant in my life, and a few best friends who have stuck by me no matter where in the country I am. These are the people that I just feel completely content with, the people with whom I feel as though I can be myself. Your definition of home may be different – it may be the town where you grew up, your best friends or even college.
What or where consists of your home is not the same for us all. So if you’re still searching for a place to call home, don’t look too hard. Decide what makes you happy, and who and what you want to be there for the rest of your life. That’s home.
