"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ July 20 (Persian Proverb)
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2017-07-27

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for July 20th.

It’s a Persian proverb.

“Travel ripens a man.” 

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

“Well, this is pretty succinct even as proverbs go.  I guess it means that it adds a touch of wisdom to your accumulated knowledge and enables you to take on life’s challenges with more certainty.  It might also mean that traveling abroad causes a person to constantly make important decisions, and you have to live with them since you are a long way from your support system.  If anybody’s got your back when you’re traveling, it’s probably yourself.  So we either mature rapidly, or we face some hard times.  
Travel is the great educator.”

Now…here’s the list of all the sources quoted in July. I hope you’ll stop by each day to enjoy all the interesting and insightful things they have to say.  Thanks, and see you tomorrow!