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About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker feels like a stranger on earth but believes in a home elsewhere.
In plain terms
I feel like a stranger here but have a home far away.
What can you take from it?
Believe in a place beyond this world.

Where it applies

  • grief
  • existential moments
  • religious reflection

Putting it to work

  • find comfort
  • accept transience
  • seek belonging

Questions to consider

  • Where do you belong?
  • Is this world enough?

Another view

It may dismiss the value of earthly connections.

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