How do you know?

I am an exchange student.

How do you know what is a dream if you never accomplished one?

How do you know what is an adventure if you never took part in one?

How do you know what is being separated, if you never arrived in a place alone?

How do you know what is diversity if you never lived under the same roof with people from all over the world?

How do you know what is tolerance, if you never had to get used to something different even if you did not like it?

How do you know what is autonomy, if you never had the chance to decide something by yourself?

How do you know what it means to grow up, if you never cut your roots?

How do you know what is distance, if you never looked at a map and said: "I am so far away."?

How do you know what is an oppurtunity, if you never caught one?

How do you know what is pride, if you never experienced it yourself at realizing how much you have accomplished?

How do you know what is to seize the day, if you never saw the time running by so fast?

How do you know what is a friend, if the circumstances never showed you the real ones?

How do you know what is a family, if you never had one that supported you unconditionally?

How do you know what are borders, if you never crossed yours to see what there was on the other side?

How do you know what is imagination, 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?