Places and feelings, no other place that can compare, tears of gratitude and appreciation, surrounded by forest and TV allowance, playing hours upon hours and realisation combined with bliss
There are so many places on this world that already felt like home to me. From Canada to Iceland over to France and Austria as well as India and Thailand. Those countries couldn't be more different from one an other.
For me home is not specifically a place but rather connected to feelings. Feelings like belonging (whether I'm related to those people or not does not matter at all), safety, joy, happiness, awe, appreciation, gratitude and lots and lots of love. There's no place that feels the same like an other and each one of them has a special place in my heart. ❤️
One of these places is the home I grew up in. There's just no other place that can compare to that one.
And yes, I'm getting goosebumps while writing that and my eyes fill up with tears of gratitude and appreciation. No kidding!
We moved to Madiswil when I was merely 4 months old and never left. My parents took over a restaurant there and later on bought it. This restaurant so happens to be in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by forest, with our closest neighbour 100m down the street and all other neighbours somewhere over the hill. 🔍
Back then we didn't have mobile phones, play stations or other electronic devices that kids play with these days. We even had a TV allowance which meant we were only allowed to watch TV a certain amount of time per day.
So what did we do? We went outside and played in nature. We could spend hours upon hours outside and totally forget about time. Climbing up the steep hill behind the pond we have, playing with other kids on the playground, trying to mess with the little stream that flows in and out of our pond, playing games like hide and seek, tag, Cowboy and Indians or even Mom and Dad.
Of course as a kid I didn't really realize what I had right in under my nose all this time until I left for a while. I always loved to come back home even if I didn't come back that much.
You see, for me all of that was so normal. For a very long time I took this for granted until I started to realize that in fact, I am so blessed to have grown up there. I'm so blessed to have been surrounded by such beautiful nature, being loved and supported as well as feeling protected and safe.
And this right there stays with me, those feelings never leave me. And those are the feelings that I experience every time I come back home again.
Love, gratitude, appreciation, safety, belonging, awe, joy, happiness, protection and bliss.
I am fully aware that not everyone on this earth is blessed with all of that and this just makes me appreciate it even more. And at the same time I dream, wish and ask the Universe that this is something that everyone will experience at least once in their life. 🤗
I'm telling you, it's addictive! 😉
Sabbu ❤️
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