"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ January 19, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-01-17

URL: https://youtu.be/_nRE2QS9Ves

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for January 19, 2016. 

It’s by Shinryu Suzuki, a Soto Zen monk from Japan, who lived from 1904 to 1971.

 “Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out  to sea and sink.”

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

 “This is a rather jolting statement.  But it’s true when you face the realization that nobody lives forever.  At some point we do “sink”.  The point is that we know in advance the voyage, or journey, won’t last forever.  So let’s enjoy what we have, lead a life of fulfillment, one that is full of joy and discovery, one that enables us to understand the world and our role in it.  And, we can aspire to lead a positive life and make great memories in the process.  If we do all these things, when our ship sinks, we will have lived a fruitful life.”  

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.