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One of the
most meaningful activities we are ever engaged in is the creation of a
home. |
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We need to get
home to remember who we are. Our homes have
a memorialising function, they are |
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helping us to remember, strangely enough, ourselves. Creating a
home is frequently such a demanding |
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process because it requires us to
find our way to objects that can correctly convey our identities. |
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The quest to
build a home is connected up with a need to stabilise and organise our
complex selves. |
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It’s not
enough to know who we are in our own minds. We need
something more tangible, |
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material and sensuous to pin down the diverse
and intermittent aspects of our identities. |
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We are not
vaunting ourselves; we’re trying to gather our identities in one
receptacle, |
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preserving ourselves from erosion and dispersal. |
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Home means the
place where our soul feels that it has found its proper physical
container, where, |
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everyday, the objects we live amongst quietly remind
us of our most authentic commitments and loves. |
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Alain de
Botton | The School of Life
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