“HOME”

What defines home to me? Is it just a structure with four walls, windows and a door? Actually it’s house and home is different. Home is a place where family lives. It is not only a shelter, not only a physiological needs of human according to Abraham Maslow but rather a place where everything starts. It is where you can be yourself, not pretending and very comfortable of. It is where the love grows. Just like the quote said, “There’s no place like home.” Because home is where your family lives, unforgettable experiences happens, and where you can feel loved, trusted and appreciated. Our home is very important to us. But there are instances that will left us no choice but to leave the place where we were staying like job out of town or studying in the city. At first, it is really hard, the fact that you’re not staying where you used to and not to be with people you used to. But those are the sacrifices that you need to do in order to achieve your goals in life. In order to make myself at home even if I’m not where I raised, I will filled every corner of my new space with happy memories and love. I will make myself comfortable and at home. Yes it is not as comfortable as I am where I was raised but the longer I stay at my new space, the more I will love it. I just need to appreciate what’s here and accept the fact that I moved in.
Thirty years from now, my home, my family’s home will be totally different from what it is right now for sure because I will strive hard for it, my siblings for sure also. It will become larger, spacious and more beautiful. There will be a garage, a pool and an instagramable garden that I’m rooting for. But the memories and experiences from it will stay. It will just changed physically but the feeling of comfort and love will not change. Our home will always be my home.

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