"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ January 21, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-01-17

URL: https://youtu.be/aldAUEdR1xU

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for January 20, 2016. 

It’s by Kabir, a medieval poet and saint of the Bhakti and Sufi movement.  Kabir was born in Varanasi, India, in either 1398 or 1440 and died in 1518.

“Wherever you are is the entry point.”

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

“Although this quote sounds a bit nebulous, it’s actually quite liberating.  It’s kind of like the quote:  ‘Everyday is the first day of the rest of your life.’  I think it’s saying that no matter where you are, you can begin a new journey.  Or, if the journey you’re currently taking is not going so well, reset and start another one right away.  Maybe it’s also saying that regardless of your age, health, financial condition, or other personal circumstances, you can still go if it’s really what you want to do.  It’s up to you. The only thing holding you back is yourself!”

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.