You know the quote "wherever you go, there you are?" At some put point, I started putting the emphasis on you rather than there. Sure, you can go see Paris, and it's a lovely city, but you're still you. Some people travel to "find themselves," but never do. It's still you.
It’s pretty hard to reach your potential as a surf champion if you stay where you were born in Minnesota.
It’s pretty hard to become a social butterfly in a culture that disapproves of your sexual orientation.
It’s pretty hard to become a nuclear physicist if you only stay in the farm and study animal husbandry.
Nothing against animal husbandry or Minnesota