"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ March 25, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-04-07

URL: https://youtu.be/bdfE4-SvBCQ

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for March 25, 2016. 

It’s by Arthur Schopenhauer, a German philosopher who pondered the meaning of life.  He lived from 1788 to 1860.

“Every separation gives a foretaste of death – and every reunion a foretaste of resurrection.”

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

“This guy is either extremely melodramatic or a real clinging vine, but I can see his point.  When you depart that is the end of being together, at least for awhile, and when you return, there can be a resumption of your previous life.  Perhaps this quote was more relevant in the 19th century when travel was slower and more dangerous.  But in the 21st century, modern technology enables a traveler to call home, email, Skype, post photos, and send messages everyday, all day long.  So the mystery of how you’re doing, what you’re doing, and when you’ll return is not much in question.”

Now…here’s the list of all the sources quoted in March.  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!

March 1-31, 2016 (entries listed by date and source):
01 Anais Nin
02 Aldous Huxley
03 Margaret Mead
04 Mark Twain
05 Mason Cooley
06 Arnold Bennet
07 Confucius
08 Kenneth Grahame
09 Clive Jones
10 (Unknown)
11 Douglas Adams
12 Jack Kerouac
13 Sir Walter Scott
14 Jack London
15 (Roman Expression)
16 Walt Disney
17 George Bernard Shaw
18  William Bartram
19 Robert Jenkins
20 John B. Priestly
21 William Shakespeare
22 Thomas Haynes Bayly
23 Pubilius Syrus
24 Dr. Maya Angelou
25 Arthur Schopenhauer
26 Mario Batali
27 Pope John Paul II
28 Benjamin Franklin
29 Samuel Johnson
30 Reverend Purlie V. Judson
31 Antoine de Saint Exupery

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.