Sunday, June 24, 2012

My Home Is Where My Adrenaline Is


Currently we are in the middle of the European Championship 2012 in Soccer. While I don’t want to talk about this sport in particular, and not even about sports in general, I will use it as an example for attempting to identify what place to call Home.

I don’t think that such a place can live in the heart; too many emotions are associated with this organ. For example, my heart is always with my family, and they are here with me in the US, yet this is not the place I call home. Also, there are no fractions in “heart,” either you got it or you don’t, you cannot have “… my half a heart goes out to you.” So, if heart is not good, then how can I identify where HOME is?

And this brings me back to soccer, and the rush of adrenaline (= epinephrine) I have during the Germany games! No other team could invoke the same reactions, the restlessness, agony, joy, and all the other emotions a rush of adrenaline produces. There are other nations in this tournament that I root for as well (I am a sucker for underdogs - oh surprise), but just not as strongly. And that got me thinking and wondering about this all and I came up with the following definition:

The “Heart” is attached to many sentiments, and either you have it or you don’t. On the other hand, the output of the adrenal glands can be measured, and that allows for the creation of a scale on what can be considered home. For example, while Germany scores a 100% on my “Home Scale,” the US may score an 80%, some other nation a 75%, and so forth.

To sum it up, there can now be many homes, and some are more “homey” than others! Flawed? Maybe, but I like it!

Thanks for reading,

Ingo

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