"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ February 12, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-02-09

URL: https://youtu.be/Zq6fcl-LWCM

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for February 12, 2016. 

It’s by Lord Dunsany, AKA Edward Plunkett, an Irish poet, essayist, and playwright who lived from 1878 to 1957.  

“I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, 
like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full.”

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

“I’ve got lots of favorite travel quotes, but this is certainly one of the most interesting ones to envision.  Back in ancient times, people traveled to hunt for food, adjust to the changing seasons, and avoid dangerous animals or marauding barbarians.  And many others probably just got the fever and decided to head for somewhere new.  The need to change scenery every so often evolved into a human trait that’s permanently embedded in our DNA.  We no doubt share this trait with many members of the animal kingdom, including the bog worms of Ireland.” 

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.