From a recent newsletter from Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine:

“We were talking a lot about Home the last few weeks. Karin and I have chosen a life where pretty much every day we get to spend at home is a prize, a rare gift, something we worked for, an event drenched in gratitude. And yet, maybe home is not really about geography or air quality, or moonlight, or being in the city or out of the city, or in a red state or blue state, or in a music town or a working class town. Maybe home has more to do with the work we’ve all done as individuals to increasingly become people we can live with. Maybe home is the desire to live soulfully, the tiny ongoing decisions we make that allow the soul room to breathe.

“That’s our prayer for our extended musical family: that we would all find lives that allow the soul to thrive.”

“Maybe home has more to do with the work we’ve all done as individuals to increasingly become people we can live with.” I love that. I look at my house, my modest house in serious need of some remodeling and smart decorating, and I think back on all that has happened there. So much has changed since we moved in. We are not the same people we were seven years ago. We have learned many life lessons, we have grown and matured, we have become parents! Our house has been witness to so many great memories. The best memories are when I wasn’t worried about the cobwebs or the scuffed floors, but when I was spending time with the people I loved and really living in the moment.  Some day we will have to move and when that happens I plan on taking the memories with me. I’ll dump the clutter but I’m keepin’ the memories!

Update: On sort of a related note, I came across this great post about what matters in life. Also recommended reading is this article about stuff.