"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ February 25, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 17/02/2016

URL: https://youtu.be/gyd7rYh5c4w

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

It’s by Charles Louis de Secondat, the French Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu.  He was a political philosopher who theorized the separation of powers within government.  Montesquieu lived from1689-1755.

“We receive three educations: one from our parents, one from our schoolmasters, and one from the world.  The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.”

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

“If indeed worldly experience contradicts what we’ve learned from our parents and schools, then travel should be a major priority for most people, especially the young.  Travel is intense and highly-personal, as our decisions, attitudes, and behaviors impact our enjoyment, and everything we see and experience has real-time relevance and sometimes real-time consequences.  When we travel, we initiate the actions that create the learning situations, rather than just being passive receptors.  That has a powerful affect which transforms our travel memories into our life’s lessons.”

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

February 1-29, 2016 (entries listed by date and source):
01 Rene Descartres
02 Yogi Berra
03 Dave Mathews Band
04 George Santayana
05 (African Proverb)
06  Daniel Boorstin
07 Michel de Montaigne
08 (Korean Proverb)
09 Helen Hayes
10 J. R. R. Tolkien
11 G. K. Chesterton
12 Lord Dunsany
13 (The Dhammapada)
14 Japanese Proverb)
15 James Michener
16 Oliver Goldsmith
17  (Unknown)
18  Hillaire Belloc
19 Kin Hubbard
20 Will Rogers
21 Isabelle Eberhardt
22 Socrates
23 Sri Sathva Baba
24 Thomas Jefferson
25 Charles Louis de Secondat
26 (Quran: Al-Hujurat/13)
27 William Least Heat Moon
28 Saint Augustin of Hippo
29 Samuel Butler

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.