For the next few weeks we will be exploring Self-Care through finding our way home. Homelessness, in reality and in our souls, is a life-shaping reality for many people. It can lead to feeling lost, ungrounded, a wanderer with without place or purpose. People can be homeless in a house they have lived in for a good part of their lives. They can feel homeless among relatives who have known them since birth. Homelessness can occur whether we have a comfortable bank account or are penniless. Experiencing homelessness can only be resolved by finding our way home. This home may be a place, a community of people, or some combination of both. But without home, we struggle with our daily living in body-mind-soul.
Home is a place that has deep meaning for us. It may be a place where a significant part of our personal story has occurred. It may be a place that surrounds us with physical reminders of where we have been, who we are, and who we want to become. It could be the place where the people who are significant to us live and thrive. It may be a place that reminds us that we are part of something greater than ourselves. Home can be a place that offers us what we need to find the good in life.
Home can also be a special type of community that provides safety, a sense of belonging (family), refuge, and the resources we need to recover so that we can move forward. This community may be genetically related or knit together by common history, interests, or companionship. This human home wraps us in supportive and nurturing relationships that offer us what we need to venture forth and live in the world beyond.
For most people, home needs more than location, it needs the community to make it real whether they are physically present in the moment or not. Home can be people who have left us in death or through a change in life circumstances. They exist within our hearts and minds and speak to us over the years or decades that may separate us from their physical presence. They exist whenever we feel them touching our lives in ways that offer us a sense of being home.
Unfortunately, many of us, from time to time, feel homeless. We feel isolated and unsheltered from the winds of life. We feel exposed and lacking in the means to find our way. Such homelessness can paralyze our will, confuse our mind, and cause our body to feel weak and weary. Over the next few weeks these notes will offer information about how we can deal with this homelessness so that we can find our way home.
Blessings,
Bob
Home is a place that has deep meaning for us. It may be a place where a significant part of our personal story has occurred. It may be a place that surrounds us with physical reminders of where we have been, who we are, and who we want to become. It could be the place where the people who are significant to us live and thrive. It may be a place that reminds us that we are part of something greater than ourselves. Home can be a place that offers us what we need to find the good in life.
Home can also be a special type of community that provides safety, a sense of belonging (family), refuge, and the resources we need to recover so that we can move forward. This community may be genetically related or knit together by common history, interests, or companionship. This human home wraps us in supportive and nurturing relationships that offer us what we need to venture forth and live in the world beyond.
For most people, home needs more than location, it needs the community to make it real whether they are physically present in the moment or not. Home can be people who have left us in death or through a change in life circumstances. They exist within our hearts and minds and speak to us over the years or decades that may separate us from their physical presence. They exist whenever we feel them touching our lives in ways that offer us a sense of being home.
Unfortunately, many of us, from time to time, feel homeless. We feel isolated and unsheltered from the winds of life. We feel exposed and lacking in the means to find our way. Such homelessness can paralyze our will, confuse our mind, and cause our body to feel weak and weary. Over the next few weeks these notes will offer information about how we can deal with this homelessness so that we can find our way home.
Blessings,
Bob
TIP -- Where Is Home for You?
Where are those places that remind you of the best parts of yourself?
Where is the place and who are the people with whom you are able let go of your facade and be the beautiful, blemished creature that you are?
Who are the people who surround you with words of encouragement and help you stay in touch with who you are? They may be living or dead, present or far away in time or distance.
When the silence comes and you are alone, how “at home” do you feel?
Where is the place and who are the people with whom you are able let go of your facade and be the beautiful, blemished creature that you are?
Who are the people who surround you with words of encouragement and help you stay in touch with who you are? They may be living or dead, present or far away in time or distance.
When the silence comes and you are alone, how “at home” do you feel?
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