they say, "there's no place like home." but how do they know? they have never been to my place, have they ever been to yours? can a sense of belonging be quite so crucial to every single one of us when we are all so different in so many ways? apparently so. the need to feel safe is as primeval and paramount as the need to eat or sleep. which, of course, means that the satisfaction of satiating such a need, is powerful beyond all description.