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Sadness
“I miss a home I can't go back to.
A little room to breathe.
Sadness
“Mens corpora externa, a quibus Corpus humanum semel affectum fuit, quamvis non existant nec præsentia sint, contemplari tamen poterit, velut præsentia essent.”
English translation
“The mind is able to regard as present external bodies, by which the human body has once been affected, even though they be no longer in existence or present.”
Baruch Spinoza — Ethics, 1677Part 2, proposition 17, corollaryEnglish translation by R. H. M. Elwes (1884)Read the source ↗
Belonging can leave an imprint.
Missing a home can mean missing its sounds, familiar routes, or the version of yourself who lived there. A new place does not have to compete with those memories; you can carry something forward while slowly building comfort where you are.
ONE SMALL STEP
Bring one familiar smell, recipe, or small ritual into your current space.