biggest thing that has been happening in my life lately is looking at buying our first home. it is a very stressful and emotional process. this whole thing has actually brought a lot of other emotions and problems i've had to light. things i've known i need to address and deal with for a very long time, but never have. it's kind of weird how connected where you live is so connected to who you are and what you've been through in all the different (or not different, depending on if you've moved a lot or not) places you've lived. my wife was expressing some of this last night and i was then making the connection better. where you live and how you live are things that can have a major effect on who you are and how you feel. maybe it shouldn't? i've heard that argument before. that we should NOT be so reliant on a place or things to make us feel good or identify with who we are. they are material things and therefore will eventually be gone. this is true in a sense. it can also be argued that where you live can have such a major effect on how you feel and who you become that it is only human to identify with that and feel it is important. this is also very true. it is a balance. as always. where we live is a major part of community and that is/should be a major part of who we are trying to be. we can feel inspired, safe, free, comforted, welcomed, loved, sad, sleepy, alive, depressed, pain, ecstasy, hope... somewhere that can have such great effects on you is something very important. it's been said that home is where the heart is, but if your heart isn't in the place you reside, then you will never feel at home.
