The Advent of Yin Day 13: Home

Are you going home for the holidays? Is it a place or an experience?

Photo by frumbert

There is a difference between a house and a home. But did you know that it could be defined in terms of yin and yang? A house is yang, a home belongs to the realm of yin.

A house has structure, it is concrete and somewhat permanent. A home on the other hand is built on the unseen. It is fabricated through care and attention to relationship, through love and nurturing. Home is where we go when life is difficult, or when we wish to celebrate our successes with those who matter to us. Home has a mysterious quality which draws us to it, sometimes even when our time their has, in the past, been challenging.

I once had a house burn down, vanish into smoke. But I have luckily always had a home. Not everyone is so blessed.

It is an interesting thing that the downtrodden are not called the houseless, they are called the homeless.
 
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