There was a giant sign at the end of a major thoroughfare in Boston where I grew up, that said, “If you lived here, you’d be home now.” The sign was advertising a high-rise building of expensive condominiums. As one writer (“Chad”) opined online, “These signs were placed strategically, almost sadistically, on Storrow Drive where they were seen every day by the thousands of motorists trapped in rush hour gridlock.” It’s true. You’d just spent however much time crawling inch by inch just in time to think, Wow. If I lived here . . . “

Still, I loved that sign. For some reason, I always felt as if it held some great meaning, some message for me, even though I never knew exactly what that was.

Then, as I came out of my meditation this morning, just a few moments ago, and found myself thinking about what I might talk about in today’s post, I heard, “When you’re here, you’re home.”

Which happens to be exactly the way I truly feel about so many aspects of being—and knowing—that I’m an HSP, a highly sensitive person.

Here’s the way I see it after a lifetime of HSP-ness. In other words, the progression of how my awareness around my own high sensitivity has grown, and how I have grown because of it, through the years.

1. Over time, I learned to recognize the trait in myself and others.
2. I learned that the more we understand the trait of HSP-ness, the more likely we are to celebrate it, as opposed to berating ourselves for it, especially when we can tie it to our best qualities, like creativity and spirituality.
3. I learned that the more open we are to embracing the trait of our own HSP-ness, the more we recognize that looking for support from like-hearted people is necessary, valuable the community it provides to sustain us and help us gain perspective if/when we feel we might be faltering.
4. I also learned that the more consciously aware we become about who we really are, the more in alignment we feel, the more at home we feel in our bodies, minds, and spirits.

When we truly feel “at home” in ourselves, whatever happens out in the world takes second place. That’s not to say it doesn’t matter, in the sense that we want and need a certain level and amount of connection and interaction to survive and thrive in the world. But being solidly at home in your own energetic field of vibration, in your own Unique Energetic Signature, offers you a self-perpetuating model for moving through life. No matter where you are or what you are doing.

• I’m at my desk: I’m home.
• I’m at the local café having coffee with a friend: I’m home.
• I’m on the phone with my mother: I’m home.
• I’m working with a client: I’m home.
• I’m hearing from a loved one on the Other Side: I’m home.

When you’re home versus when part of you has flown the coop

1. You may find yourself speaking more slowly, consciously, and conscientiously when you’re “home.”
2. You may find yourself listening longer, with a greater interest, curiosity, and less judgment when you’re “home.”
3. You may find yourself less emotionally and physically tired or stressed after your experiences, whatever they are, when you’re “home.”

Home: It’s where the mind-body-spirit connection is tied up with a bow and where you live, breathe, create, and thrive.

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