How do you know the world, if you have never been an exchange student?

How do you know what a dream is if you never accomplished one? How do you know what an adventure is if you never took part in one? How do you know what anguish is if you have never said goodbye to your family and friends with your eyes full of tears? How do you know what being desperate is, if you never arrived in a place alone and could not understand a word of what everyone else was saying? How do you know what diversity is if you never lived under the same roof with people from all over the world? How do you know what tolerance is if you never had to get used to something different even if you didn’t like it? How do you know what autonomy is if you never had the chance to decide something by yourself? How do you know what it means to grow up, if you never stopped being a child to start a new course? How do you know what it is to like to be helpless, if you never wanted to hug someone and had a computer screen to prevent you from doing it? How do you know what distance is, if you never, looked at a map, and said “ I am so far away”? How do you know what a language is, if you never had to learn one to make friends? How do you know what patriotism is if you never shouted “ I love my country” holding a flag in your hands? How do you know what an opportunity is if you’ve never caught one? How do you know what a pride is if you’ve never experienced it for yourself at realizing how much you have accomplished? How do you know what it is to seize the day, if you never saw the time running so fast? How do you know what a friend is if the circumstances never showed you the true ones? How do you know what a family is, if you have never had one that supported you unconditionally? How do you know what are bordes, if you have never crossed yours, to see what there was on the other side? How do you know what imagination is if you never thought about the moment when you would go back home? How do you know the world, if you have never been an exchange student?