# Distance to Self

**Published by:** [jer979](https://paragraph.com/@jer979-2/)
**Published on:** 2025-07-23
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@jer979-2/distance-to-self

## Content

Underneath all of the societal, cultural, familial, and national programming, I suspect there’s an eternal core. It’s a kind of energy that powers us. Like the core of a nuclear reactor perhaps. I honestly don’t know. But, every now and then, in the stillness of a moment, I sense its presence. And I feel a kind of yearning, a calling, a voice saying “come home.” And then there’s a frustration that aches in my throat and a sadness that descends into my abdomen. I can feel how far away I am from home. It’s a north star guiding me, but it’s so far off in the distance that it feels like forever or never. Yet, I am drawn to it. So I keep moving.

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