#34 of 366: Home, by Good Neighbours

Sometimes songs come to you in a special way. This particular bop came to me from a random after-midnight text from my amazing niece, Ava. If you know me at all, you know that Ava and her brother Jack are pretty near the center of my universe. When this song arrived via text with “I feel like you’d like this…” I am pretty sure my heart grew two sizes Grinch-style. When you are so passionate about sharing new music with others, when someone does it to you, it means an awful lot. Make it someone as important to me as Ava, and it really did make my month.

Ava hit it out the park.

“It’s a light relief from a bad habit, it’s my mother’s cooking when I can’t have it, it’s the last train home from a day trippin’, it’s the place I’ll go when I start slippin’, darling, won’t you bring me home.”

This is the only song these guys have on Spotify. 2.6 million listens…I’m at least 20 of them. :)

We all have that place or places that embodies the concept of “home” for us. The places where we exhale and let the weight slide off of our shoulders a little bit. It might not even be your home, could just be a room in it. Could be somewhere outside of it. I think one of mine is a shaded hammock in the backyard with a book in the summer. 

Sometimes home is a person. Sometimes it’s an animal. Sometimes it’s an activity. 

We need to pay more attention to the things that let us exhale. The things that loosen that knot in our chest a little. Those are the things we need to LEAN INTO. To me, it’s a signal that something is authentic to you. When you end up in that flow state because you were “home”. 

I love that this song is a celebration of that. Comfort, at the micro everyday level I think is a good thing. Comfort though at the macro level can be dangerous. 

“Comfort is a slow death.”

It’s a balance of seeking experiences that take us outside our comfort zone, and retreating to it when we need it. Actively search for new things and experiences. Get the special. Join that class. Talk to that person. Everything we experience is a lesson. Always be learning. Like Ted Lasso says though, “be curious…not judgmental.”

A big big thank you goes out to my Ava-Bean for sending me this song. I definitely feel like you and I are kindred spirits. Looking forward to the rest of my days with you in them!

Thanks for reading everyone. Enjoy the jam. BE BRAVE TODAY.