When travelling and spending time away from home, one can learn valuable life lessons, and learn how to appreciate the most minute things that make home special -like a big, comfy bed, the distinct photos scattered around your house that you can easily imagine in your head, or even the smell of the home you grew up in. It's only when one is missing home that one can truly appreciate it.
To answer a question brought forth by a post regarding the influence travel (in general) has on a person. I must say that there are many things one can learn about a place that never leaves them. It's life. Picture yourself, in any "normal routine" that you take on. Isn't it true that your worldly experiences are always affecting you in that daily routine? The experiences we gain from a world perspective change us for the better and help us develop into the people that we strive to be.
Of course, my travels from Nova Scotia to Wellfleet to Venice Beach are all incredibly different. However, they are all interrelated somehow because after experiencing one aspect of the world, I sought to explore another. For example, I personally know the cold winters in NH drive me crazy, so I sought after warm climate which drew me to visit California. Think about what drives you, and why you are where you are. Is it the culture, climate, or general type of people?
Bottom line: Life is a journey that is some beautiful, inconceivable cycle of events that influence you consistently from one viewpoint/goal to the next.
This concept doesn't only apply to life, but to relationships, jobs and goals. We are all on a course; we are all travelers, and our experiences traveling, working, playing, and living are all prerequisites to our next desired goal.
Great concept, however I want to hear more about you! Open up a little more. For example, when I went to Mexico to work in an orphanage, I fell in love with all of the orphans, and wanted to help them even more. So I decided to go to another Spanish speaking country, Ecuador, so that I could learn Spanish and at the same time, be able to help kids that truly needed help. While walking down the street in Ecuador, mothers would sell fruit with their children in order to get money. In the USA, especially Los Angeles, middle aged drug addicted persons beg for money, or cigarettes.
ReplyDeleteGet personal, get deep, and I would like to hearn more about your travels!
Keep up the good work.
This is true...
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