After twenty years living in my neighborhood, my street was going to be demolished, so I had to move!
When I went to look at houses in a completely different neighborhood, I felt uneasy, uncertain.
I first had to take the bus and then find my way on foot…
“Would you like to get lost with me? I know the way.”
Upon entering the neighborhood, I stood in front of the house’s door and was immediately welcomed by the neighbors around the corner:
“Are you going to live here? Come inside and take a look.”
I immediately felt welcome and at home!
Feeling so welcomed and at home was an exceptional experience for me—something I rarely feel as a “stranger in a strange land.”
When I accepted this house and later started gardening, I felt, for the first time in my life, “Here, I can put down roots and connect with this land.”
It was a tiny house…twenty years later I needed more space so I had to move again, will I feel at home again?
First taking time for mourning the loss of the old, then rebuilding new networks of contacts and activities…
Dreamquest 