Apr 9, 2023·edited Apr 9, 2023Liked by Darya Zorka
"Home" does seemed to have different weight in different countries. I live in the U.S., but I am not American. I noticed the concept of "home" depends of whether a person or their parent's family were forced out of economical necessity (or opportunity) to move. For example, Elon Musk, his family has migrated from at the least 3 different countries in 100 years, and his shallowness may be thus understood. Many people consider "home" to be where they hang their hat. My wife's father worked for Enron, and it is was common practice in the oil&gas industry for senior executives to move in order to gain the experience and maturity to make high dollar decisions on the fly. Where I am from, our institutions evolved out of consequences of the Great Depression where it was seen at a macro level the cost of wasted human potential. In fact, where I am from there are many diasporas from Eastern Europe. I wish back then I took more time to learn their history. My father, who was a child of the Great Depression, seemed to understand Eastern Europeans at a human level, and they him (many Eastern Europeans had small businesses on the side and if he did not want to pay store prices for something he would seek out alternatives e.g. car batteries)....I thought back then that all I wanted was to not to be poor, and I never really understood how much I would come to miss "home". "Home" to me is also a place where beautiful things and ideas can be made real. With what I have learnt this past year from Eastern Europeans is that is well...as stated in the original post how important "home" is...I sort of knew it, but as a source of inner strength I never got that ...until now.
Your words betray a much clearer and sharper clarity of purpose than mine. I won't post much after today, but be sure I am grateful to learn what you are saying. I may not understand right away, but I do think about things. Belarus, White Russia?, it is a mystery to me.....
I appreciate your thoughts and feedback always, please don’t hesitate to share it under my future posts. Belarus doesn’t mean white Russia in a sense that it somehow belongs to Russia or part of it, or that people from Belarus are the same as Russians. It simply comes from the word Rus, that was the name of the people who populated early medieval Eastern Europe. Scholars think that originally the Rus people came from the region that is currently modern Scandinavian countries.
Homefulness.
Love this word ❤️
"Home" does seemed to have different weight in different countries. I live in the U.S., but I am not American. I noticed the concept of "home" depends of whether a person or their parent's family were forced out of economical necessity (or opportunity) to move. For example, Elon Musk, his family has migrated from at the least 3 different countries in 100 years, and his shallowness may be thus understood. Many people consider "home" to be where they hang their hat. My wife's father worked for Enron, and it is was common practice in the oil&gas industry for senior executives to move in order to gain the experience and maturity to make high dollar decisions on the fly. Where I am from, our institutions evolved out of consequences of the Great Depression where it was seen at a macro level the cost of wasted human potential. In fact, where I am from there are many diasporas from Eastern Europe. I wish back then I took more time to learn their history. My father, who was a child of the Great Depression, seemed to understand Eastern Europeans at a human level, and they him (many Eastern Europeans had small businesses on the side and if he did not want to pay store prices for something he would seek out alternatives e.g. car batteries)....I thought back then that all I wanted was to not to be poor, and I never really understood how much I would come to miss "home". "Home" to me is also a place where beautiful things and ideas can be made real. With what I have learnt this past year from Eastern Europeans is that is well...as stated in the original post how important "home" is...I sort of knew it, but as a source of inner strength I never got that ...until now.
Hi, David! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and memories. I’m glad to hear that my words resonated with you.
Your words betray a much clearer and sharper clarity of purpose than mine. I won't post much after today, but be sure I am grateful to learn what you are saying. I may not understand right away, but I do think about things. Belarus, White Russia?, it is a mystery to me.....
I appreciate your thoughts and feedback always, please don’t hesitate to share it under my future posts. Belarus doesn’t mean white Russia in a sense that it somehow belongs to Russia or part of it, or that people from Belarus are the same as Russians. It simply comes from the word Rus, that was the name of the people who populated early medieval Eastern Europe. Scholars think that originally the Rus people came from the region that is currently modern Scandinavian countries.