Of Mice and Men Blog #3

How important is it for human beings to have a place where they belong where there are people who know them and love them?

I think that it is very important. It gives us our identity. We can have a sense of belonging when we know we have a place to fall back on when it does not work out for us. If we do not have a place to call home, then I think that you would feel out of place, never really having an identity. This place does not necessarily even have to be a place where you have lived at for a long time. I think home is the place where you are loved and valued the most. If people do not know you and love you at your home, how can you have that sense of belonging? I think the place where people love you the most is the place that you can call home.
For me, I was born in Charleston, South Carolina, but I don't remember living there. I don't think anyone even knows me there. So I don't consider Charleston to be my home; I consider Indy to be my home. For my parents, although they have lived here for about 16 years, India is still for them. That's where their family is, and where they feel their origins are at. I guess it sort of is for me because all of my family is there except my immediate family, but I consider Indy to be my true home because I have been raised here and have lived here for all I can remember. Maybe home is wherever you feel most comfortable; it varies for each person.