This Artical sat down with asian journalist and asked them where is there home? Some answerd. where they live now, others answered there native land and the question was easy. But what about the rest the journalist? Some had a hard time, some did'nt know whether to say there native land because they dont speak a word of the language or any of the cultural traditions or whether to say where they live and spend there life now. This question may seem easy. I agree with ithis story because it is saying that many people are going to be thinking more and more of home and where that is, and this could have alot to do with fining oneself. I know alot of people are trying to do that.
Time magazine's Asian journey home.
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Tessa, I'm not just saying this because we have to reply to three articles each week, but i actually was taken back by the concept of your post. Where is the home? Its a great, open ended question. Its true that home can mean many things and it truly depends on who you are as person, whether you believe its were your family is, where you feel happiest, or where you were born. Personally the phrase "coming home" always leads me to think of this great little town of Edina. When I'm on a road trip home and i see that big green sign saying Edina on highway 100 i get this immense feeling of relief and safety. It's where i was raised, where my friends and family are, and ultimately its the place I am connected to more than any other area on Earth. I love our town of Edina and thats what i believe is home.
I also was really struck by how the simple seeming question "Where is home?" took me a while to think about. Home isn't a place, although it could be centered somewhere, it could also be a person or your family or some other possession you have. You could be "home" when you're listening to your iPod or something.
There are many people who don't know much about their "home", either they have never been to their native country like people who are adopted. Personally, I have moved around a lot when I was little so I have very little to no memories of the place I was born, so I think I understand some percent of these people's hesitation.
When I read your post, I really started thinking about where is my home. I thought of where I was born, where I feel the most "at home", where my family is, where my ancestors came from? I honestly don't know what I call home. I guess I have my actual house, my old house, and a whole bunch of random places. I think what you consider home is really about you as a person. Some people love emotional ties and would consider places they are emotionally connected to home. Some people think more practically and consider where they sleep at night as their home.I differ in my opinions of home because I have many emotional ties and fave had a few physical homes. I think that the question of "what is home" is a really complex question that allows the inquirer to learn a lot about the person they are asking.
Wow, I agree with all of you. You would think "where is home? Would be a simple question to answer but it reality it makes you stop to think. I have also moved many times and usually when I think of home I think of the current house I am living in but I guess I also consider the town I was from to be home as well. And as Laney said whenever I’ve been gone on a trip or even just gone for the day when you enter the familiar parts of the town in which you live it is relieving, I usually think ahh finally were "home"!
this is a deep question tessa. at first i didn't know the answer but for myself at least i think i have. when i moved to MN, i didn;t feel at home at all. everything was strange and new to me. But after a year or so i couldn't imagine any other place to live. Home to me is a place, regardless of its location, where you are with family and can relax.
if someone were to come up to me and just ask me 'where is your home?' a few days ago, i'd probably say edina. but when given time to actually think into it, where is my home?
i mean, obviously, i live in edina. but i grew up in minneapolis. i also semi-live in st. petersberg. i could also call a number places where i feel the most safe my home. and what about people who live in a house but don't ever feel at home? we all have those moments at some point in time..where is our home then? which makes me begin to wonder if i actually have a place that i could legitimately call my home..
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