‘To’ is understood rather than expressed in sentences such as “I am going home”. No one ever dared say “I am going to home”. The underlying reason behind it might be idiomatical but let me explain my side of the story.
Home is where you will start to draw a line. A point from where you will shape who you are mand what you may become. If it is a crooked and an unfinished circle, that unbecoming is attributed to our homes, that is the Filipino culture.
But, is our house the only one we can call a home? I do not think so! Home is where your heart is, as the old proverb says. According to a Japanese anomation I know, home is where there is someone thinking of you; it does not necessarily mean a physical construction with four indifferent walls and a roof.
I consider my friends– my fellow former Vcians– a home, I consider my family a home, I consider the house of my Heavenly Father a home, because it is where, I know, someone is thinking of me.
Life is not a matter of measuring how big your house is, it is how often you will come back to it. Even if there is only one person who understands you, he or she must be treasured. The homeless do not suffer from deprivation of a place where they can sleep soundly, they suffer from absence of someone who they knew loves them.
Definitely, a house is not a home if your heart is not in it. The dweller may build a steadfast foundation of their little palace but a home builds the dweller. Nowhere else in this world you will receive assurance and reassurance but from where you first draw the line. However, building a place where you can lay your exasperated soul to rest is not a one-way process. You will need someone whom you treasure most to fulfill the task.
I do believe and want to inculcate to you that the word “house” is a concrete noun whereas “home” is an abstract noun. I never heard anyone said ‘I am going to peace’ or ‘I am going to love’– not the infinitives. Remember when you say I am going home, it is much like saaying I am going to the people whom I know would welcome me in spite of myself.
So, still thinking you are homeless?
Dedicated to my true friends!!!
