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Each chapter in Homing In is supported by a blog that offers supplemental articles, film documentaries, as well as important links and insights that support the reader’s transformational process. These story strands are part of a holistic teaching story or mandala. Each blog further develops the themes presented in the book.The blog is an online learning course in the Social Sciences that informs, guides, and connects readers to important concepts as they embark on their transformational journey.

The Road Home

4/7/2025

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A Reflection on Harmony, Voice, and Journey
Poem: Homing In

Steering toward the goal,
Share the vision,
Now inspired,
Let’s go home!
It’s all about the ride--
Come home,
Come along,
Take the road home.
Journey together to the water’s edge,
Shared mind,
Relational mind,
Dive in and make it your own.
Embody togetherness,
Connect to the other--
The water,
The route,
The vessel,
Transported in an undulating Earthship.


Celebrating The Road Home

This month’s reflection was born in an underground lake beneath the Alps. I had the joy of attending a concert at the Lac Souterrain de St-Léonard in Valais, Switzerland, accompanied by my son Nils and his fiancée Olivia. We floated silently in small boats as the choir’s voices rose and shimmered through the echoing cavern. Turquoise waters lit from below cast flickers of light on the cave’s stone walls. Trout glided beneath us, as if drawn to the music.
And then, the final piece: The Road Home.

As we were rowed back through the darkness, the voices still echoing behind us, the words of that final song stirred deeply in me. Nils would soon leave for a mountaineering expedition—ascending Makalu, the fifth highest mountain on Earth at 8,485 meters. The song became more than melody; it became prayer. A wish. A call to the heart: May he find his way safely back. May he come home.

This piece of music has become a touchstone for me—what it means to home in, to center ourselves in shared experience, and to journey with intention. The Road Home is not merely a song—it is a heartway, a lived harmony.

In the choral resonance, we feel our way toward belonging. We attune. We move together—toward water, toward connection, toward the place we know by heart.
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💧 You can explore the St. Leonard Concerts and perhaps plan your own soul-stirring visit here:
🔗 Lac Souterrain Concerts – Official Site
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🕊️ Listen to the haunting beauty of The Road Home sung in Southern Harmony:
The Road Home – Choir Performance
🎼 Follow along with the score, and let the music carry you:
📖 The Road Home – Sheet Music (PDF)
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Let this song hold you as it held me—in reverence, in reflection, and in the rhythm of returning.
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Let’s go home. 
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