HOUSE and HOME

HOUSE AND HOME

By

VIKRAM KARVE

HOUSE

A house is an inanimate structure whereas a home is a place you live in. 

A house is a tangible entity. 

HOME

A home comprises both the animate and inanimate and includes both tangibles and intangible attributes. 

You have to live in a house to make it a home. 

But that is not enough. 

There two vital attributes which epitomize a home. 

1. Firstly, you must always feel like going home. 

Yes, you must feel happy to be in your home. Your home must the best place in the world for you. 

2. Secondly, your home must always heartily welcome you. 

Your home must also feel happy when you are home. 

Whenever you come home you must get a feeling that your home is welcoming you and is happy that you have come home. 

Your home always wants you to come home and your home feels happy when you are inside your home.

HAPPY HOME

If you have a Happy Home, you will be able feel these two types of positive vibes:

1. When you arrive home your home always welcomes you with open arms and wants you to be there.

2. You yourself feel welcome in your home and for you your home is the best place in the world. You love being home than anywhere else. 

In a nutshell:

You must be happy in your home 

and 

Your home must be happy to have you home.

WHAT IS A HOME

A home comprises:

1. Tangible things like a house, furniture, décor,  appliances, humans (like family, relatives, other people) and other living beings like pets

and

2. Intangibles like emotions and vibes and atmosphere. 

HOME VIBES

A good home generates positive vibes in you

and 

You in turn generate positive vibes inside your home 

Your home should be the best place in the world.

UNHAPPY HOMES

Some people are not so lucky. 

They hate going home. 

Yes, I have actually seen some people who do not want to go home.

And probably their homes too do not welcome them and hate them coming home. 

Some unfortunate people are not happy in their homes

and 

Their homes too are not happy to have them come home 

Such people who have unhappy homes find solace outside their homes and try to avoid going home except for the minimum inescapable time. 

Some become workaholics and prefer remaining in office for long hours rather than go home early.

Some hang around drinking in bars and drowning their sorrows.

Some hang out with friends and colleagues.

Some indulge in frequent partying and socializing as this keeps them away from home.

Some immerse themselves in outdoor activities.

Some travel a lot to escape from their home.

Some find other escape routes to remain outside their home as long as possible. 

(By the way, if you love to drink and if you love your home too, you will know that the best place to have a drink is in your own home. Since I always loved my home, I always preferred enjoying my drinks at home rather than in some bar or club) 

I once knew a man who, after work, used to go to his club and drink there with his friends and come home drunk at midnight when everyone in his family was asleep. 

Surprisingly, his wife and children preferred it that way too. 

In fact, in many cases I have seen that a father or some person in the family generates so much negative vibes in his home that the other members of the family feel uncomfortable when he is home. 

Yes, just one person generating negative vibes can destroy the entire atmosphere in a home.

Now, mostly in the case of such a person, his home too generates negative vibes towards him so too he prefers being outside as he too does not find it a Happy Home. 

Negative vibes in a home can happen due to conflict between family members or stressful relationships. 

Negative vibes can also occur in a home due to some other factors like a gloomy or demoralizing atmosphere caused by illness, poverty or misfortune.

Ask yourself: Do you have a HAPPY HOME ?

If the answer is NO then find out why is it so. 

Is it due to some person? 

Or is it due to some other reason.

Do you not feel like going to your home? 

Does your home generate negative vibes towards you?

Is your home not the best place in the world? 

Or, do you find some other place like your office or your favourite place to hang out a much better place than your home? 

Are you more comfortable outside your home than inside your home?

Or do you feel that your home does not welcome you or like you to come home? Does your home generate negative vibes towards you when you come home?

Do you feel that you generate negative vibes in the atmosphere whenever you enter your home?

Once you have found out the reasons you must do something about it. 

Yes, you must try to mitigate the sources of negative vibes and enhance the happiness vibes. 

Then, you will have a HAPPY HOME.

VIKRAM KARVE
Copyright © Vikram Karve 2012
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A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer and blogger. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and an anthology of short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional  and academic research papers in journals and edited in-house journals and magazines for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing and blogging. Vikram Karve lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.

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