Tuesday, May 24, 2011

QUESTION:


  • What is "Home" ?  
  • Please respond.  
  • I am looking for some help to bring thoughts in my head together.
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4 comments:

Brianna said...

As always, my thoughts turn to a song, or a scripture. This time it is a song. In the broadway version of "Beauty and the Beast" there is a song that Belle sings called "Home." It's very reflective and one of my favorites. If you take the words and look past her story to your own, they will take on a meaning that is just for you! Go youtube it! I hope you like it!

May 24, 2011 at 7:29 AM
Brianna said...

Basically, it is saying "Home should be where the Heart is." And I think it has more meaning if you know the rest of the story and the change that takes place in Belle, shown when she sings "A Change In Me!" Can you tell I LOVE this show? hehe

May 24, 2011 at 7:32 AM
Alison said...

Home to me is a place I feel safe, a sanctuary from the outside world. A place where I can be completely me and never feel judged or lesser than I am. Home is filled with people I love and who love me. It's not always a perfect place. It often times has moments of contention, sadness, anger, messiness, lack of organization and so on. The thing about it though is that it never ceases to be my home, my place of comfort, the one place I feel the safest and most comfortable.

The other great thing about "home" is that for me it isn't so much tied to one particular place. It changes when I move and I definitely can feel the same feelings in the homes of close family members and friends. I guess for me it isn't always so much about the location, it is about the feeling I feel in any given location. For me any place I can feel those feelings of comfort, safety, love, acceptance and peace can be called "home".

May 24, 2011 at 2:04 PM
Sheffer's said...

I've been thinking about this all day. Home to me has changed in meaning over the years. When I was growing up, it was where I lived with my family and felt loved. As I grew up and my family life became less than desirable, Home became more symbolic and ambiguous. Later, as I went through the temple, that became home for me. The temple remained "home" for me as I served my mission and received news that my parents were divorcing. When James came home from his mission, he became home for me in a lot of ways. Now that we've established our own home and family here in KC, the word "home" takes on a more significant meaning to me. I feel like Home is where I am loved, where my loved ones are gathered, where I can feel the Holy Ghost, and my Heavenly Father's presence. I still love the feeling of coming home that I get as soon as I walk through the doors of the temple. Isn't that how we should feel, though? After all, we attend the Temple to learn of our Heavenly home and how to make our earthly homes more like it.

May 24, 2011 at 6:20 PM

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