Axioms…from my perspective

normally, i dedicate thursdays to giving some of my personal life axioms…truth that, from my perspective, is self-evident. sometimes practical. sometimes philosophical. sometimes whimsical. but truth, no less.

and i’m late, again.

“home is where peace resides”

the world is a crazy place!  there needs to be a space in our lives that is safe from all the attacks that chip away at our self worth and threaten our sensibilities.

there needs to be a retreat where we can wander any time, day or night, where we can be refreshed and be around genuine love and laughter…a place where we can breathe and think and play and relax and be accepted for exactly who we are…a place that affirms, protects, builds up, and makes life better, rather than tearing it down.  that is what my home is.  yours should be, also.

home should be a place where peace resides and unresolved conflict is not welcome.   a place of safety and an everyday “sanctuary” from fear and judgment and pressure and all the things that rob our joy and steal our confidence.

i realize that a lot people want their home to be the place where they don’t have to put on masks.  a place to be authentic and the people we really are.  unfortunately, for many that means a place where yelling is normal…walls are erected…silent treatments are given…doors are slammed…sarcasm is tolerated…rebellion is evident…forgiveness is absent…and power is reserved for those who can manipulate the best.

my house may not be the biggest or prettiest one on the block, but it will always be the one where peace resides.  it takes work.  it takes a commitment.   it takes compromise.  it takes a partner willing to make the same.

more than anything else, it takes surrender.  the surrender of rights and privileges and entitlement and the whole idea that i (we) am at the center of my world.  peace is worth it.  you see, peace is not the absence of turmoil.  it’s the presence of joy and purpose.

yup.  that’s my home.

#home #peace #wanda