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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 314213" data-attributes="member: 158">Corinth, While I disagree with almost every one of your points, and debating them isn't going to change either you or me, it does make a very valid point that this kind of offer, or even a more realiztic one to leave everything behind, isn't for everyone. It all has to do with what you have to lose, and what you stand to gain.In your case, you make the example that you would have very little to lose in your eyes if such a choice were offered. For someone like myself, or another here with family and friends they loathe to leave, it would be a heart rending choice. To me, I AM living the good life right now. I am making a difference to dozens of people around me. I have security, stability, and independence to do most anything I please. I am also grounded enough to know that my place in the scheme of things is not so large, and I could be replaced. But there is one person in my life for whom I could not be replaced, and that fact is what makes a huge difference for me.In truth, I would make a terrible adventurer - and I harbor no illusions about this. This is why I play D&D and RPG's - because it's fun to get a little taste of that vicarious living, without leaving a good life behind.I recently realized that there were things in life I was missing, however - but all these things are in my grasp, I just never took them. I am  now making plans to change those, but none of them require me to drop all I hold dear and go. Maybe I have all the ambition and hunger for power of a hobbit, but I've got what I need within my grasp, and it's not a bad feeling.In reality, I hope you find life currently fulfilling, and if not, I sincerely wish that you find what you desire. In the context of the old wizard and the portal, I say shove the old man aside and grab that suitcase! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Just send us back a note out of thin air every once in a while to let us all know how you are doing. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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