Where do I find my home?
If external and anchored to a particular place, persons, or circumstance,
I always live in a temporary abode, a shifting unstable shelter.
Eventually I will be homeless, as will we all.
If internal and built with sturdy foundations shored by constant reinforcement,
I have a much different type of dwelling, a flexible steady residence.
If you place your happiness in that which can be taken from you,
You will lose your happiness.
Love where you are; love those around you; love what you love, in any way.
I do so and find comfort in all of these.
They will change and even pass away,
So I cherish them for their fleeting presence.
My hearthstone is placed in another realm,
Connected to all around, until it crumbles also,
Impermanent as I am.