Feeling my independence

I accidentally left my one crutch that I am now using, on the side of the car and
drove off without it. I have been walking 30 percent of the time without it
around the house, but leaving the house completely without it, was like an independence.
 I went to the
grocery by myself and simply used the cart to lean when the swelling, that I
still have, bothered me. I felt "normal" again. These past months with all my
apparatuses, I felt confined, but necessary for healing my ankle and to get my
mind out of my work panic. I do feel more at ease and find myself more focused
and alert. I'm ready to move forward again in a new way. An instructor of one of
the real estate certifications I got this past month said that you have to be
like a chameleon in these times. You have to be able to adapt with what is going
on. For me, in real estate, I have to. I had no choice. Half of the listings are
foreclosures and short sales, where homeowners are upside down on what they owe.
vs. the value of the home. I know this affects many internally because of the
devaluation of our homes. But what is really "home"? Is it the structure we live
in? Or can it be something else, more intangible?