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> # The world was my home and I was glad to be in it.

[William Saroyan](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan)\#136

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## About this quote

What does it mean?The speaker finds joy and belonging in existence itself.In plain termsI feel happy just being alive in the world.What can you take from it?Find gratitude in simply being alive.

### Where it applies

- Reflecting on life
- Overcoming hardship
- Daily appreciation

### Putting it to work

- Practice daily gratitude
- Acknowledge your place in the world

### Questions to consider

- When do you feel most at home?
- What makes you glad to be here?

### Another view

Some circumstances make existence feel burdensome.

## More from William Saroyan

1. > I loved the theaters, and even though I was hungry, I never spent money for food.

[Permalink to quote \#135](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/135/ "Permalink to quote 135")
2. > I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.

[Permalink to quote \#137](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/137/ "Permalink to quote 137")
3. > The streets made me, and the streets stink, but I love them, for I was born in them out of flesh and I was born in them out of spirit.

[Permalink to quote \#134](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/134/ "Permalink to quote 134")

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