It will never be the same!!!

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. Separator icon Terry Pratchett Discworld, the fictional universe that bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett created for his 41-book fantasy series of the same name, is nothing if not a chance to see the world differently. His imaginative universe is a flat disc carried on the backs of four elephants who are all standing on the back of a turtle. On Pratchett’s website, Discworld is described as “a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different.” That description gets at the heart of this quote, from Pratchett’s book “A Hat Full of Sky.” When you leave a place you’ve known forever and experience something new, it changes both you and that place. You return to something familiar, but it looks different because your perspective has changed. Leaving and coming home again expands your worldview, much more than staying put ever would. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I recall when I left home to go to college at Macon Ga./Mercer University and when I returned home for the first time it did not seem the same at all. I felt like a stranger in my own home. The place that I now live felt more like home and familiar. I had new friends and new experiences different from the ones that I once knew. I had a different perspective about everyone and everything! You learn to do things differently and look at them differently! Your whole world has now begun to expand! It took about six month for me to feel this way. During this transition I felt like an alien on a new and strange planet.