I live away from home more than 50 percent of the time and am intrigued by what others think of motel living. "Motels are great for vacationers but not for daily living," some comment. Even though there are travelers who enjoy this transient life style, others say, "Boredom is the biggest drawback!"

Boredom! Can weariness, dissatisfaction, or ennui come out of four walls? Hardly! Then, from where? From a misunderstanding of what home really is.

How can we have home—the feeling of contentment—with us at all times, regardless of location? I have found three helpful ways:

• By understanding that God is incorporeal and fills all space. His presence is never restricted or absent.

The Bible describes God's ever-presence in this way: "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there." ^{Ps. 139:7, 8;}

God is not a far-away physicality incapable of being spontaneously all-presence, filling all space. He is divine Principle, the source of all existence. The Bible describes God as Love, Spirit, Truth, Life, and His incorporeal qualities do exist eternally and ubiquitously.

Whenever we replace a tendency toward rankling resentment or annoyance with affectionate, compassionate efforts to understand divine Love, God, we can actually feel His presence. Whenever we override the temptation to tell a half-truth or to exaggerate, God, Truth, is operating in our behalf. Whenever we attack a problem or task with buoyancy and zest, we are reflecting Spirit's power and ability. We must recognize that Life is good because God is good, and appreciate that our role as God's, Life's, reflection is needed and valued wherever we happen to be.

Boredom and fear of unhomelike surroundings are routed by knowing that God's goodness fills every cranny, crevice, and corner of the universe. Knowing this, we can be assured of safety and peace. The emptiness of nights when we are surrounded by strange walls fades away as we understand that God knows neither "in here" nor "out there," since He is All.

• By recognizing that man, God's reflection, coexists with his Father-Mother God, now and forever. Then, we are always at home with God, and God is always with us because right where man is, God is. No geographical location is outside Love, because God is infinite.

The true sense of heavenly home, of being in constant residence within God's love, comes from knowing ourselves as the immediate and never-ending reflection of the perfect Father-Mother God. Understanding this coexistence enables us to bridge the gap called death, provides a permanent place of security in Spirit, takes away the pressure of having to solve Life's problems with a personal, finite mentality, and turns our attention to Mind, God, for guidance.

• By appreciating God's family as Mrs. Eddy describes it. She writes, "Man is the family name for all ideas,—the sons and daughters of God." ^{Science and Health, p. 515;}

Each individual has a place in God's family, and the commandment urged by Christ Jesus "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" ^{Mark 12:31:} is the basis for harmony. Thoughtfulness for our neighbor helps to make a rented room into a home. As we look out with love and see man, the true idea of God, boredom vanishes. God's omnipresence, our coexistence with Him, and our place in His family are important phases in establishing a solid concept of permanent home. As I have worked with these points, the opportunity to comfort others has arisen. All these individuals needed was to see the healing Christ. And Christ Jesus' command to heal the sick was not exclusively directed toward physical healing.

In a twelve-unit apartment building where I once lived, I learned that my neighbors were mostly people separated from family and home. On Thanksgiving Day I invited everyone to dinner. Looking around my table, I realized this group could pass for a three-generation holiday gathering—though there wasn't a blood relative present! All remarked what a great family we were; and truly, we were God's family.

As we learn to see beyond human existence into the heavenly abode of Spirit, we can be "at home" at any time and in any place. Our true home is in God. Mrs. Eddy notes, "Pure humanity, friendship, home, the interchange of love, bring to earth a foretaste of heaven." ^{Miscellaneous Writings, p. 100;}

Man's true dwelling place is not confined to a structure, whether it appears as a mansion, a rooming house, or a tent. Paul glimpsed the fact that so long as we placate the body, which often finds itself in different circumstances, we are, in effect, "absent from the Lord" ^{II Cor. 5:6;} —ignoring Him. The Psalmist described his true "roots" when he sang, "I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved." ^{Ps. 16:8.}

Neither can we be moved or uprooted from God's presence as we travel from place to place. Man's real home is the unlimited expression of God's qualities, which reveal the beautiful facets of His nature and are constantly reflected by all His children. Consciousness of divinity's allness is our only home.

Ye are no more strangers and foreigners,
but fellowcitizens with the saints,
and of the household of God;
and are built upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone.

Ephesians 2:19, 20