WHAT IS A HOME?
A dictionary
will give you the following answers:
- The place where one lives permanently, especially
as a member of a family or household.
- An institution for people needing professional care
or supervision. For example: an old
people’s home; an orphanage; an observation home; a remand home; a
juvenile justice home, etc.
- A place where a person feels most comfortable,
loved, and protected.
- A house, apartment, or other shelter that is the
usual residence of a person, family, or household . Its synonyms are:
domicile, habitation, dwelling and abode.
According to a popular saying: East or west, home is the
best.
The English divine August W. Hare
(1792-1834) said: To Adam paradise was home. To the good among his descendants , home is paradise.
The German poet and philosopher Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) is reported to have said: He is the happiest, be
he king or peasant, who finds place in his home.
According
to the English clergy James Hamilton (1814-67): Six things are requisite to
create a “happy home.” Integrity must be the architect, and tidiness the
upholsterer. It must be warmed by affection, lighted up with cheerfulness; and
industry must be the ventilator, renewing the atmosphere and bringing in fresh
salubrity day by day; while over all, as a protecting canopy and glory, nothing
will suffice except the blessing of God.”
A
home without affectionate, loyal. helpful, kind-hearted and sympathetic members
is in no way a sweet home. It is like a battleground, full of anger and
bitterness. Such a home is governed by the devil, not by God. It does not provide
health and happiness.
To conclude, here is a short quote:
No matter who you are or where you are , instinct tells you to go home.
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G.R.Kanwal
29 April 2025
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