"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ February 18, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-02-16

URL: https://youtu.be/lDN2XCq0dfg

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for February 18, 2016. 

It’s by Hillaire Belloc, the Anglo-French writer known as "Old Thunder“.  He lived from 1870-1953.

 “I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled.  The difference between the two being this: that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.”

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

“Oh boy, another quote that’s concerned about the merits of wandering!  Perhaps wandering does distract us, but that enables us to clear our mind, enjoy the outdoors, and have some fun. The source, Hillaire Belloc, walked extensively in England and Europe.  He wrote the books, “Path to Rome”, after walking from central France across the Alps to Rome, and “The Pyrenees” after walking through those mountains.  He even walked across the American West to visit the woman he would marry.  So, I’m sure he also wandered a bit en route to his final destinations.”  

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

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