[ I am home ]

Sunny day at the Meadows

Autumn leaves

Castle-like housing

I am ten thousand kilometers away for adventures but I am not faraway from home.
I am away from the physical home in which I nurture my two younger siblings,
in which all the worries of life rest comfortably on my pillow every night,
the home that I am so familiar with I often take it for granted.
I am away from the usual routes and paths I travel on the way to school,
and faraway from the people I recognize, am acquainted with, or know inside out..

..but I am not that faraway from home.

The Greyfriars Kirk

The grave of Thomas Riddle gives inspiration for ‘Tom Riddle’ in HP

The Skye Terrier who remained by his master’s grave for 14 years

Here is where J.K. Rowling used to hang out

I may be distances away from where I was brought up but yet feel so homey.
Or, I can be at the heart of my origin but yet feel so terribly remote and lonely.

Home is the state of mind.
It is where I nurture the thoughts and love of my family,
where I am letting my life worry about itself,
where every little thing is cherished despite its lack of familiarity.
I often go astray but somehow always end up reaching my destination.
I bump into people I knew nothing about but somehow end up knowing something about them.

I am not that faraway from home.
I am, in fact, home.