My country is the world and my religion is to do good. ~Thomas Paine Each time I travel, I bring something home with me. Not photographs, not souvenirs, not even the memories—although I treasure those too. What I really bring back is something quieter: a small shift in how I see the world. Sometimes it’s a tiny realization, sometimes it’s something big. Either way, it begins shaping me long before I can even put it into words, and I find another little piece of myself witho