Certainly, it's reassuring to be at home, knowing that your electrical outlets won't fry your straightener and your soda refills will be free, but leaving familiarity behind for the unknown just feels right once you get over that initial fear.

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for." --John A. Shedd

Helen Keller's perspective on life as an adventure is inspiring.

"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." --Helen Keller

You can go back home again, but everything will feel different after a travel adventure.

"It's a funny thing about coming home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You realize what has changed is you." --F. Scott Fitzgerald

You don't have to hold hands and sing "Kumbaya" with everyone you meet on your travels to realize that you're not as different from other cultures as you might have originally perceived.

"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends." --Maya Angelou

And there are so many things to see.

"The world is big, and I want to get a good look at it before it gets dark." --John Muir