“I have lived in seventy-two cities over the course of my life," the old man said, proudly. "There is no part of the world, I know nothing about." The young people on the bench beside him looked at him with admiration. "And which city did you like best?" one asked him. The old man thought for a long time, then sighed. "Now I look back," he said, "I think I was happiest in the village in the country where I grew up. If it had been the second place I had lived, I think I should have stayed there my whole life. But because it was the first, I convinced myself that there must be somewhere better and have never stopped looking for it.” HomeLife LessonsTravelLivingSatisfaction Book:The Mind Is Its Own Place Source: The Mind Is Its Own Place
“I have lived in seventy-two cities over the course of my life," the old man said, proudly. "There is no part of the world, I know nothing about." The young people on the bench beside him looked at him with admiration. "And which city did you like best?" one asked him. The old man thought for a long time, then sighed. "Now I look back," he said, "I think I was happiest in the village in the country where I grew up. If it had been the second place I had lived, I like I should have stayed there my whole life. But because it was the first, I convinced myself that there must be somewhere better and have never stopped looking for it.” HomeHappinessTravelSearching For HappinessSearching And Finding Book:The Mind Is Its Own Place Source: The Mind Is Its Own Place
“You always thought that you would be glad you were here too and happy to call this place home. Yet now you know that calling a place home does not make it so.” HomeHappinessBelongingNew Places Book:Drifting Onward Down The Stream Source: Drifting Onward Down The Stream