"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ January 8, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-01-07

URL: https://youtu.be/9kwWgpewzWE

Greetings Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for January 8, 2016.

It’s from Zhuang Zhou (schwang zow), a Chinese philosopher who lived from 369 BC to 286 BC during the Warring States period of Ancient China.

“The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sages steer by.”

So what are your thoughts on today’s quote? Here’s mine:

"If the wise mentors of the world are not afraid of doubt and chaos, then why should travelers worry so much about the “perils” of the road that we must have every detail prearranged and every destination completely sanitized and safe before we pack our bags and go there?  There is no such place anywhere.  Part of the thrill of travel is the adventure and the excitement of being in a strange place, and learning to use our initiative, trust our instincts, adapt to the environment, and create our own memorable experiences.  Otherwise, we might as well go home and hide under the bed!”

Now…here’s the list of all the sources quoted in January.  I hope you’ll stop by each day to enjoy all the interesting and insightful things they have to say.  And leave a comment.  I’d like to hear your thoughts too.  Thanks, and see you tomorrow!

January 1-31, 2016 (entries listed by date and source):

01 Seneca the Younger 
02 Chinese Proverb
03 Democritus
04 Agnes Repplier
05 Paul Theroux
06 Ralph Waldo Emerson
07 Mark Twain
08 Zhuang Zhou
09 Albert Einstein
10 William Shakespeare
11 Ban Ki-moon
12 Turkish Proverb
13 Gertrude Stein
14 (Advertisement)
15 Carl Sandburg
16 Stan McGahey
17 Buddha
18 Michael Palin
19 Shunryu Suzuki
20 Ernest Hemingway
21 Kabir
22 Freya Stark
23 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
24 Nils Kjaer
25 Ed Buryn
26 (Unknown)
27 Henry David Thoreau
28 Jan Myrdal
29 Louis L’Amour
30 William Hazlitt
31 Roy Goodman

Presented by Dr. Stan McGahey.  Want to learn how the tourism industry works? View my free series of short, narrated PPTs on a variety of important topics, entitled “Demystifying Tourism” on YouTube.