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Where is Home?
<p>Yesterday, I found myself wondering why everyone's definition of home is so different.</p><p><br/></p><p>The people closest to me at school often wonder why I jump at every opportunity to go home.</p><p><br/></p><p>The truth is, I have three different definitions of home.</p><p><br/></p><p>Osun. Ogun. Lagos.</p><p><br/></p><p>Osun is where I belong—the place where welcomes never feel like goodbyes, where family comes in different forms, villages, and faces.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ogun will always have a piece of my heart. A part of me. It's where I spent most of my life. It's familiar. It's comfortable. It's home to people who feel like home.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then there's Lagos.</p><p><br/></p><p>A place that was once unfamiliar but slowly yet subtly became one of my safest places. Not because of the place—definitely not. </p><p>But because of the people.</p><p><br/></p><p>I've met many amazing people in life, but only a few have made me stop and question what home truly is.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe home is a place <em>where</em> you feel safe.</p><p><br/></p><p>Or maybe it's simply a place that makes you <em>feel</em> safe.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then another thought crossed my mind.</p><p><br/></p><p>How many places could feel like home if I gave them the chance?</p><p><br/></p><p>Perhaps I've been so attached to the places I already love that I've never allowed anywhere else to become one.</p><p><br/></p><p>Now I've realised something.</p><p><br/></p><p>Home isn't necessarily where you were born.</p><p><br/></p><p>It isn't always where you live.</p><p><br/></p><p>It isn't even always where the people you love are.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes, home is simply where you can breathe.</p><p>Where you don't have to pretend.</p><p><br/></p><p>Where you feel seen.</p><p><br/></p><p>Where you can be completely, unapologetically yourself.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe home isn't the people.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe it isn't the food.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe, just maybe, it isn't even the place.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe it's where you can dance awkwardly, laugh hysterically, play childishly…</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe,</p><p><br/></p><p>Home is the version of yourself that feels free.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe home is <em>me</em>.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Now I'm curious.</p><p><br/></p><p>What does home mean to you?</p><p><br/></p><p>Is it a place, a person, a memory, a feeling... or something else entirely?</p><p><br/></p><p>I'd genuinely love to read your thoughts.</p>
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