The Importance Of My Personal Sacred Space

Spaces personal or public play a very important role in people’s lives. These spaces can give people an escape, a place for meditation, a place for worship and even a walk down memory lane. In our text it mentions “The word “space” of course, means different things to different people.”(286) This statement is important because not everyone will have the same sacred space. Some spaces are not spaces at all, you can lose yourself in a book, movie, or a video game. This can be a person’s escape. My personal sacred space or “happy place” is an actual place. It is the city where I grew up. Where I would meet the people who would make a huge impact on my life, which would mold and shape me into the person I am today.

I grew up in Lakewood, a city

The last one being Melissa’s birthday on the 14th of October. I think I am a little more adjusted with my life here in Idaho, and being able to see them all more often helps out a lot. Every time I am there I feel at home and at peace. They are my rocks and my happy place. I could not imagine my life without all of them in it. The text states “but sacred places need not be public sites, as the material gathered here show. They can be places we privately consider sacred- where we go for solace, serenity, transcendence, or perhaps sheer isolation from the world.” (314) This is exactly how I feel when I am standing in my neighborhood, looking at my old house with so many fond memories of my dad and the wonderful times we had together. “The brain is wired for apprehending spatial forms and relationships.” (286) I believe this true. This is why I have such an admiration for the neighborhood I grew up in and the people who lived there. I am able to look at the same smiling faces of my friends, my family who has been there for me and me them. For the good times and the bad. I feel lucky to have such an amazing sacred space and the important people who I share it with in my