Home is where the heart is, or so they say!
I never completely understood what the saying "Home is where the heart is" meant. Of course, the saying means that wherever you are and whoever you are with, one creates an emotional bond, and that's where you place your heart. So as per the meaning of this saying, wherever one's affections are centred, that's where your heart is, and that's where your home is. But isn't it every person's attempt to find this affection everywhere they go? Be it a place they might move into temporarily or a business they know they will spend a long time at (4 years of a hostel in my case :P). We do look for this affection everywhere we go. Does that mean we are trying to make a home everywhere we go?
I would say my heart belongs to many parts of many houses, areas, cities and countries because I have left a piece of my heart in each of these places. That time I dressed up as an Eskimo in my building's fancy dress competition at the age of 4 is still a stark memory that I hold close to my heart. I also have memories of the time I ran across the entire compound of my building, playing with colours during the festival of Holi in a place where I spent 14 years of my life. And I remember the time when I departed on an exciting journey to study further and left the city I was raised in to go on to live there for the next four years of my life. I have been going back and forth to the town I was raised in, where my family belongs, but it still gives me great pleasure to explore the different parts of the world, helping me comprehend myself and the world. Despite missing my family, friends and city on many occasions, I have always made a safe space for myself everywhere I lived. Isn't that what life is all about? Finding your safe and loving space, your people and creating your world wherever you go?
Home is probably where the heart is, although I think in that case, I have many homes with a piece of my heart tucked away in each of them, which will be cherished in my memories forever. But I believe one must search for that home and space and give it a piece of your heart if one still haven't.