Home🏡

There is some form of peace associated with the term home. When I think of home, I don’t just think of my house, where my parents live back in Pune. I think of a lot of other things that I associate the word home with, and not just things but also a lot of people and quite a few places. I’ve realised I miss home a lot when I think of those things, those people and those memories. As they say, "home is where the heart is."

When I moved away, I had a lot of adjusting to do, but I think I’m doing quite well. But when I went back to Pune for the first time, all those things just came rushing back in. The addresses you’ve saved, on Uber when my current location says ‘Home’, when I’m ordering food and the delivery guy doesn’t deliver it to my pg, he delivers it home and most of all, when my phone just automatically connects to my home wifi, that’s when I feel like I’m back at home.

There are a lot of people who I associate the term home with, some here, some back in Pune, especially my brother. He is definitely the one person I miss the most when it comes to feeling like home. Maybe when I’m around him, I will not talk to him as such, its just his presence that makes all the difference and I’ve come to miss him a lot.

It's just a certain level of peace that is associated with the term home, and when I say that, I mean that wherever you go, I think you’ll get the soundest sleep when you sleep at home. If you travel anywhere in the world, I think when you come back and finally crash at home, that’s when you’ll get the most amount of peace, and quiet. It doesn’t have to be the home you grew up in, or your childhood bedroom, it’s just whatever you associate the word home with, and again, that doesn’t have to be a place, even in the arms of the person you call home, you’ll be happy and at the end of that day, that’s all that matters.

Home is whatever you call home, when I say home, you close your eyes, and tell me honestly, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind. It might not be what gives you peace but its what you associate the word home with maybe subconsciously, but when you open your eyes and think about what you actually call home, be it a place or a person or a thing, maybe you’ll see how different and how similar the two thoughts are. Maybe the subconscious thought of yours, could be a place that would be the last thing you call home or maybe it’s the face of a person you call home, and the second thought, could either be the same person whose arms you want to stay in for as long as possible, or it’s your actual home, the one you truly associate the word home with and I think the difference or similarity between the two is some food for thought.