Home Is Where My Heart Is.

Home Is Where My Heart Is.

After reading through another students blog and their reflection on the statement 'home is where the heart is' recently, I was inspired to write my own thoughts.

Divulging how moving away from home at the start of the year from a town to the big city of Brisbane was everything he could have hoped for, a new life of of happiness without the urge to look back at all, he argued that his heart is not found at home whilst he will always call his home such.

Like him, I also moved out of home at the start of the year to start a new chapter in my life, at the forefront of which was pursuing my long awaited goal of going to university. Packing my bags I headed for the big smoke leaving behind my home, a farm on the Northern Rivers of New South Wales.

Whilst excited for the adventure at hand I was apprehensive as to whether or not I would fit into the city lifestyle and enjoy it as much as I had hoped. Truth be told the city is very very different from home. It has its positives - a vast array of cultural foods to spoil one's taste buds upon, diversity by way of the people you meet and easy access via public transport to places you may wish to explore. There are a wealth of resources at your finger tips and attending UQ, as one of Australia's best university's, is the epitomy of this in regards to learning and furthering one's knowledge. All in all it makes for an interesting place to be if only one bothers to get out and experience it.

At the same time though, I have found it very hard to be away from my family and the farm. I love living in the open spaces, going out onto the verandah and drinking tea, just looking and thinking :) Coming from a close knit extended family I have missed the contact I am use to having with them all and look forward to each time I am able to return which unfortunately isn't too often. Living at college on campus certainly makes this easier as I always have contact with people and things to do to keep me occupied.

I feel however that whilst my career may require my 'city livin' for a part of my life, I will one day return to the country, whether that be on the Northern Rivers or else where. It is such a large part of who I am and I dont feel I could ever just leave it behind without looking back, moving on from it as the blogger of the post I read admitted he had with his own home.

Home is definately where my heart lies and will always lie. Its in the people and the country side and the memories that make up my life there.

x.peace