Comments on: What is home and how do I find one? http://federicavalabrega.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/what-is-home-and-how-do-i-find-one/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:01:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: will http://federicavalabrega.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/what-is-home-and-how-do-i-find-one/#comment-54 will Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:40:03 +0000 http://federicavalabrega.wordpress.com/?p=1391#comment-54 Maybe my favorite song is a good starting place. "And love is not the easy thing Is the only baggage that you can bring Love is not the easy thing The only baggage you can bring Is all that you can't leave behind" And if the darkness is to keep us apart And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off And if your glass heart should crack And for a second you turn back Oh no, be strong (Chorus) Walk on! Walk on! What you got, they can't steal it No, they can't even feel it Walk on! Walk on! Stay safe tonight You're packing a suitcase for a place None of us has been A place that has to be believed to be seen You could have flown away A singing bird in an open cage Who will only fly, only fly for freedom (Chorus) Walk on! Walk on! What you got, they can't deny it Can't sell it, or buy it Walk on! Walk on! You stay safe tonight And I know it aches How your heart it breaks You can only take so much Walk on! Walk on! Home! Hard to know what it is If you never had one Home! I can't say where it is But I know I'm going Home! That's where the hurt is And I know it aches And your heart, it breaks And you can only take so much Walk on! You've got to leave it behind: All that you fashion All that you make All that you build All that you break All that you measure All that you feel All this you can leave behind All that you reason, it's only time And I'll never fill up all I find All that you sense All that you scheme All you dress-up All that you've seen All you create All that you wreck All that you hate Maybe my favorite song is a good starting place.

“And love is not the easy thing
Is the only baggage that you can bring
Love is not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can’t leave behind”

And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it’s a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
And for a second you turn back
Oh no, be strong

(Chorus)
Walk on! Walk on!
What you got, they can’t steal it
No, they can’t even feel it
Walk on! Walk on!
Stay safe tonight

You’re packing a suitcase for a place
None of us has been
A place that has to be believed to be seen
You could have flown away
A singing bird in an open cage
Who will only fly, only fly for freedom

(Chorus)
Walk on! Walk on!
What you got, they can’t deny it
Can’t sell it, or buy it
Walk on! Walk on!
You stay safe tonight

And I know it aches
How your heart it breaks
You can only take so much
Walk on! Walk on!

Home!
Hard to know what it is
If you never had one
Home!
I can’t say where it is
But I know I’m going
Home!
That’s where the hurt is

And I know it aches
And your heart, it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on!

You’ve got to leave it behind:

All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break
All that you measure
All that you feel
All this you can leave behind
All that you reason, it’s only time
And I’ll never fill up all I find
All that you sense
All that you scheme
All you dress-up
All that you’ve seen
All you create
All that you wreck
All that you hate

]]> By: ale http://federicavalabrega.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/what-is-home-and-how-do-i-find-one/#comment-52 ale Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:14:29 +0000 http://federicavalabrega.wordpress.com/?p=1391#comment-52 Fede, "Roots-seeking" is not a trivial matter, but it is not important itself, it is a hint for a more-in-depth investigation. In fact, just after you've started it, you realize that the real search goes well beyond the question "How do I like the place you live in?"...it asks for a consciousness about your original nature. I agree with the concept that there's a difference between questions regarding the ways in which we express our existence and questions regarding the existence itself. A logical consequence of this distinction is the fact that the first group of questions necessarily can be answered only after you’ve solved the second ones. Looking for your roots unveils questions of this second type. Of course, one can refuse such a distinction, but then – I tell myself – what remains it is just some “common-sense” answer. Something that sounds like: “Your home is where’s the people you love” which is not a bad answer, but it is just a partial one because, then, I still need to cope with the problem of what Love is which, again, in its turn it is a question that regards the existence itself. Common sense derives from instinct, what I hope for you – and for myself – is to shift from instinct to correspondence. Fede, “Roots-seeking” is not a trivial matter, but it is not important itself, it is a hint for a more-in-depth investigation.
In fact, just after you’ve started it, you realize that the real search goes well beyond the question “How do I like the place you live in?”…it asks for a consciousness about your original nature.
I agree with the concept that there’s a difference between questions regarding the ways in which we express our existence and questions regarding the existence itself. A logical consequence of this distinction is the fact that the first group of questions necessarily can be answered only after you’ve solved the second ones. Looking for your roots unveils questions of this second type.
Of course, one can refuse such a distinction, but then – I tell myself – what remains it is just some “common-sense” answer. Something that sounds like: “Your home is where’s the people you love” which is not a bad answer, but it is just a partial one because, then, I still need to cope with the problem of what Love is which, again, in its turn it is a question that regards the existence itself.
Common sense derives from instinct, what I hope for you – and for myself – is to shift from instinct to correspondence.

]]> By: Paolo Massa http://federicavalabrega.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/what-is-home-and-how-do-i-find-one/#comment-51 Paolo Massa Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:47:22 +0000 http://federicavalabrega.wordpress.com/?p=1391#comment-51 After reading your post, I would like to share with you this quote from the movie "Gone Baby Gone" by Ben Affleck: "I always believed it was the things you don't choose that makes you who you are: your city, your neighbourhood, your family". Good luck, anyway! After reading your post, I would like to share with you this quote from the movie “Gone Baby Gone” by Ben Affleck: “I always believed it was the things you don’t choose that makes you who you are: your city, your neighbourhood, your family”.
Good luck, anyway!

]]> By: Max http://federicavalabrega.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/what-is-home-and-how-do-i-find-one/#comment-50 Max Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:54:35 +0000 http://federicavalabrega.wordpress.com/?p=1391#comment-50 I've found that, for me, it's not the location but the people. Home is community and family (however one defines that). Through all my residences in recent years I've never found a home, but have made do with the communities I"ve been floating through. Good luck in your search. I’ve found that, for me, it’s not the location but the people. Home is community and family (however one defines that). Through all my residences in recent years I’ve never found a home, but have made do with the communities I”ve been floating through. Good luck in your search.

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