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There is a sense of danger in leaving what you know, even if what you know isn__ much. These mill towns with their narrow lanes and often narrow minds were all I really knew and I feared that if I left it behind, I would lose it and not find anything to replace it. The other reason I didn__ want to go was because I wanted to be the kind of person who stays, who builds a stable and predictable life. But I wasn__ one of the people, nor would I ever be. I had a vision for my life. It wasn__ clear, but it was beautiful and involved leaving my history and my poverty behind me. I wasn__ happy about who I was or where I was, but I didn__ worry about it. It didn__ define me. We__e always in the making. God always has us on his anvil, melting, bending and shaping us for another purpose. It was time to change, to find a new purpose.