The desire to go home that is a desire to be whole, to know where you are, to be the point of intersection of all the lines drawn through all the stars, to be the constellation-maker and the center of the world, that center called love. To awaken from sleep, to rest from awakening, to tame the animal, to let the soul go wild, to shelter in darkness and blaze with light, to cease to speak and be perfectly understood. Rebecca Solnit
About This Quote

This quote is also known as “To Be” by Rumi, a 13th century Sufi poet, theologian, and mystic. The main idea of the quote is about the desire to go home. If you are happy, you are satisfied with who you are, where you are and what you have become. The statement also tells us that the desire to go home is a desire to be whole.

To be whole means that we are complete in that moment. We are not searching for something that will make us complete or that will make us happy. The idea of home can mean different things to different people.

It could mean being back with family or friends or being at your hometown where you were born and raised. Or, it could mean being at your place of work or school. And it can mean being in nature or being in front of a fire place.

Home is something that should always be present in your life, no matter what other things may come and go in your life.

Source: Storming The Gates Of Paradise: Landscapes For Politics

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