"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ January 12, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-01-12

URL: https://youtu.be/dJdDeICgW6A

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for January 12, 2016.  It’s a Turkish proverb.  There are countless 
Turkish proverbs that offer common sense advice on everyday topics.

 “Books impart knowledge; only travel imparts wisdom.” 

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

“I always thought wisdom was the perspective gained from knowledge and experience.  And, since travel is a learning experience, I think it does impart wisdom.  The farther you travel outside your comfort zone, the more you’re forced to learn. Back home many days follow the same old pattern.  Not so when you travel.  Everything is new.  You’re constantly making decisions and learning how to use your time, money, and energy to enhance your travels.  And, when you do this, you’re not only gaining valuable knowledge and experience, you’re developing wisdom too.”

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.