” Where are you from?” It takes seconds to say where you come from and what you do. However, only you know what long way you really came from. The small print of life we never see, the fight people go through every day in settling and finding their place. Everyone is coming from a marathon to be where they are. It is impossible in the limits of everyday human verbal communication to cover any important parts of it. That is countless material going lost there. It is the bits that make for a life. I feel very much a part of the global search for identity, search for maximum adaptability, search for knowledge, for connection with like-minded people. This is the “curse” of the modern nomads. To know where you came from, be proud of and honour it, but acquire new skills and knowledge to adapt to fast changing new environments. We are all trying to reinvent the feeling of home within ourselves. My birth country is home of little Mira, not me. I will honour the childhood treasures home gave me there, but let them rest in their proper place. I have created enough space in my life for new people, new homes, new stories and new identities. I have no choice but writing, to make sense of all the new realities around me and all the changes occurring. Only by doing so, I am able to find my own place, stand my own ground, tell my truth in my own words. That is something really no one else on this planet can do. Writing is my ship helping me navigate the ever-changing waters of life. It is impossible to talk about home, without mentioning self-care. Feeling passionate and affectionate about ones own self is home. It starts as an internal experience. Wherever people are, if they take care of themselves and their loved ones, that is what creates a home. And for a lot of people that is different than the place they were born and/or raised in. This doesn't devalue the origins, it adds to the experiences one has in life. Rather than always being asked “Where do you come from?”, for me, a much more important and relevant question is “Where are you headed to?”. If one can take the step, take on the challenge, adapt to new cultures, rituals and relationships, seeing the many benefits this brings to you and the people you love, isn't that what future societies are going to be built upon? The point A I started sailing from is far behind and there is a lot of water that went under my ship. People are always going to ask where are you from. If I can find my home within myself, on my ship, in my writing, I won't be drifting from shore to shore. And you, where are you headed to?