Day 200 (Two-Hundred) of 365 days
Just as a man who has undergone suffering knows the meaning of pleasures, similarly a man, who has lived a substantial portion of his life away from home and shorn of the comforts and warmth of a home, truly appreciates the importance of home.
As industrialization advanced, many people left their villages to make it big in cities. Their grit, determination, and tenacity won them great fortunes. But they could never forget the ease and relaxation they experienced back home. Students have a taste of life outside the home when they have to stay in a hostel for studies. After long hours of lectures and practicals, when they return to their rooms in the hostel they feel disgusted with the shape of their room and lives.
Your mother cooks food for you. She sits near you just to see you eating. You welcome your father when he returns home. Your younger brother and sister climb on his knees. Your sister pretends to fight with you. Your neighbors drop in to pass the evening hours merrily in conversation. Your younger brother steals your candy. These homely joys look commonplace. But when you advance in age, they are a true source of happiness. A kind father, an affectionate mother, a sympathetic brother, a loving wife, obedient children, etc fill life with cheerfulness. Worldly things may not be got by everybody, but these and many other domestic joys can be had even by the poorest of the poor. Worldly possessions feed our body but domestic joys and happiness feed and soothe our soul. The charms and pleasures of domestic life — The joys of a home compared with other joys of life — Home is a school for acquiring- noble virtues — The pleasant associations of home — The real charms of home heightened by imagination.
But it is not for these joys alone that our home is to be valued. A home is often the best school for acquiring the noble virtues of honesty, truthfulness, faithfulness, sincerity, obedience, sympathy, self-sacrifice, and self-denial. We imitate the actions of our parents and relatives. From them, we learn to be sympathetic, obedient, and true to others. The unselfish devotion with which the mother serves her husband and children and the wonderful self-denial which the father displays in daily life are noble examples of the highest virtues. Self-control, the noblest of all virtues, is largely a result of home influences.
Home is where our story begins, the place where we are born and where we grow up, under the protective supervision of our parents and the supportive nature of our siblings, it is the place where love resides, memories are created, families are bonded, it is not a place but a feeling, emotion, something which is close to your heart, something where you would like to end your day after a busy, hectic stressful day, it is not only a structure made of brick, stones, sand, and beams but something which is standing strongly on hope, dreams, hard work and efforts; and not to forget love and care is the most important thing in a home.
One longs to go back to the familiar surroundings and quiet certainties of home-life. There is a limit to one’s capacity to adjust to new surroundings and acquaintances. One wants to settle down to the leisurely routine of a settled home- life. Truly, there is no place like home, sweet home.
