In our modern times there is so much emphasis on the value, the cost, the design of our houses. Good location, better property value. Decorating, buying expensive electronics are all part of our lives. But a house is not a home unless there is love, comfort, a place to escape the world. The feeling our homes give us is very different than a house. It is as if the house is the structure, but the home is the heart of the structure. Like in the expression, home is where the heart is! Our house can be our home, of course. Even when adult children move out into their own houses, they often want to come home for short intervals back to the house where they grew up. The home is where the memories reside!
Do you visit another house and it feels just like home? Do you tell someone your house has such a homey feeling to it? Children when tired will say, I want to go home, not I want my house! Dorothy in the " Wizard of Oz", "there's no place like home." But it is more than a house- your country is your home, your home team, your home away from home, produce that is home-grown, and crafts that are home-made. People on the street are homeless even though they do not have a house or a place to live.- the word home implies alone with no place. Even birds come home to roost! What does the word home imply for you? Do you feel there is a difference between house and home? Where have you felt most at home?
home is anywhere we want to be, whether it's a house, an apartment, a tent, an RV, or whatever ... it's where you want to go back to when you've been away ... home sweet home
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