not in the same place at all.

"One of the joys of growing older is that life validates what we already know but have been unable to define. As frequently as we may have backtracked to find our way and felt that we were starting over in the same old place, we were, in truth, not in the same place at all. At each juncture of 'beginning again,' we are a little wiser than before, and that modicum of wisdom, learned from experience, makes all the difference. With each step we grow."

-Luci Swindoll