Home has been a topic for a while for me. I didn’t feel home on this planet for a while and felt more home with my head miles up in space than here. But as I grew older, more and more in my own space and time, I found home. Home within. Home wherever. Peace no matter where. We are all part of the oneness and so oneness is part of me. I have been and I am everything, everyone, and everywhere. So home is not a place “out there”.
“I have travelled so much I had forgotten what home is”
During my search for home I wondered: Had home become a concept we made very important? With magazines full of cozy home interiors. Tons of Instagram accounts of tinyhouses, big houses, huge houses, interior design? Did a fireplace determine a home? A carpet on the floor? A husband? Children, pets? Having my own stuff?
I have travelled so much I had forgotten what a home like that is. Without a home, I have been sitting at the ocean for hours, months, years, and felt home. One with the drops in it, the waves on and on touching the shore and leaving again. One with the little wild rabbit that accompanied me on the beach early in the morning. One with the tiny birds that not seemed threatened by me at all. Or maybe I had become so one with the place they didn’t see me.
I felt home in the mountains of Malaga, where I stayed for weeks. Just me and the rock I sat on. Listening to the silence in this lonely air feeling so happy and alive. The wild Ibexes and fox so close to me I could photograph them with my phone. One with the clouds that took away all sight, one with the sun, the stars and the moon.
“When I truly found peace with that magic happens”
I felt home in a 41-year-old campervan, where I did nothing but reconnect with the oneness and nothingness that we are at the same time. When I truly found peace with that magic happens.
One morning I walked from my van to the supermarket to get a banana and some water. Did I imagine it or did a little bird flew with me? I carefully peeked and to my surprise it really did! Joyfully it hopped from pole to pole all the way to the supermarket! My heart burst open and a tremendous joy and love came in. (Or did it come from within going out?) When I came back from the supermarket it was there waiting for me and flew the same way back. I couldn’t believe it, but as it started to happen regularly it became one of my little joys that ultimately attracted more.
I could tell you many more magical moments that happened after that, but I will save it for another time. Bottom line is for me the cliché “Home is Where The Heart Is” is true. Home is not a place “out there”. My hometown is here and I can bring it anywhere.
Love,
Eyra
HOMETOWN – by Eyra Moon
Beautiful, ethereal, and heartfelt. Thank you for this reflection on life and the concept of home, Eyra. It is a lovely way to welcome the day, and for that, I thank you.
Thank you Laura. I am so happy to hear you enjoyed that! Have a great day at home, within! 💖
Eyra, Great words and powerful imagery .A day in life that is inspiring.
Thank you Larry!
Thanks for your graceful reflection and music. You brought up good memories of walking on the sand at the ocean over the years. And of yesterday’s collection of tiny birds with tufts of yellow on their chest jumping from branch to branch out my window.
Thanks Eyra!
blessings,
Cynthia
Thank you Cynthia! For sharing your beautiful memory!
Eyra,
You can feel your heart in your words and your music. Thank you for living your life out loud and sharing your sweet spirit with the world.
Such beautiful comments. Thank you so much!
Beautiful spirit and voice from your within coming out Eyra. Love the message and comfort of the bird. I think of this as Gods eyes everywhere watching us…..Nature is his instrument and it’s everywhere…nature is home..stuff is stuff ..we can’t take it with us. My Beautiful soul..Thank you♥️🙏
Thank you so much Paula! I agree. We are nature! Thats why we feel immediate peace being with it.
Eyra, you are right, home is where the heart is, and that for me mostly it is when I am home, being a home body, but then when I greak away and travel, and see the wonders of God’s creation, it is there too that I am at home. God Bless
Beautiful Lynn!!
What a beautiful story! I love picturing that little bird hopping along with you to the market. And I agree.
I recently sold a house and bought a new one. I thought it would take a long time to feel like home, but it didn’t. Once I found home within myself, it didn’t matter where we lived.
Yes, I couldn’t believe it myself! That is amazing! I am happy to hear! Welcome home in you 😉 and thank you for reading!