wherever you go there you are
wair-EV-er you GOH THAIR you AR
wɛrˈɛvər juː ɡoʊ ðɛr juː ɑːrListen
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the observation that one cannot escape oneself through physical relocation — that the habits, patterns, psychological tendencies, and personal characteristics that shape one's experience travel with one to any new destination; the phrase challenges the fantasy that moving to a new place will automatically produce a new self, suggesting instead that the work of personal change is internal rather than geographical; popularised by Jon Kabat-Zinn as the title of a mindfulness book, the saying is used both as a caution against escapism and as an invitation to confront what one seeks to leave behind rather than simply moving away from it
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