she certainly is a lot more exuberant in her points than me, however as someone who has "lived abroad" for more than 8 years now, I don't consider it "living abroad" at all - yet I agree with her conjecture... I believe that "living abroad" should be something that intelligent countries require their citizens to do (instead of something idiotic like required military service).<p>things I find most notably true in her article are the following:<p>1. I find myself much more patient<p>2. I find it difficult to express myself in "only" english anymore<p>3. living out of a suitcase is possibly one of the most liberating experiences ever.<p>4. the learned concept that all over this planet there are so many individual experiences happening at the same time, and many of which I could never even understand because I don't know the culture, or am not aware that this is even a possibility of existence. amazing.