"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ February 13, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 10/02/2016

URL: https://youtu.be/cWY5f_YNRlc

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for February 13, 2016. 

It’s found in the Dhammapada, a collection of 423 verses of Buddha's essential teachings.  It was  compiled about 300 BC .

“The traveler has reached the end of the journey! In the freedom of the infinite he is free from all sorrows. The fetters that bound him are thrown away, and the burning fever of life is no more.”

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

“This one seems to be talking about death and the afterlife, but when put in a travel context, it’s equally fascinating. The end of a journey sounds like a major accomplishment.  If you’ve ever taken a trip where you had no return ticket and no return date, then you understand “the freedom of the infinite”.  It is a joyous feeling and you have no sorrow and no restraints to stop you. And when you finally do return home, the “burning fever of life”, that high you get from traveling, is finally extinguished as you settle back into your everyday routine.”

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.