"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ February 26, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-02-17

URL: https://youtu.be/VhyUIFOhLp4

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for February 26, 2016. 

It’s from the 13th verse of chapter 49 of the Quran, the Muslim holy book.

“God said: Ô men!  We created you of a male and a female, we made you nations and tribes, so that you may come to know one another.”

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

“Since there are billions of people living on planet Earth, we are organized all the way from family units and tribes to countries, and even blocs of countries.  But we weren’t meant to live apart.  In fact, to progress, each of our units must interact with others in order to trade products, learn new things, and live in peace and harmony.  The best way to ‘come to know each other’ is to visit, sightsee, conduct business, and make friends.  And, if you come from different ‘nations and tribes’, that means international travel. Some religious teachings restrain our actions, but this one…tells us to go!”

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.