"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ February 23, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-02-17

URL: https://youtu.be/hKMPteUN2Uk

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for February 23 , 2016. 

It’s by Sri Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian spiritual leader who gained mystical powers after being bitten by a scorpion at age 14.  He lived from 1926-2011.  

“When the road ends, and the goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has traveled only from himself to himself.”

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

“In its truest sense, a pilgrim is a religious traveler.  But it can also refer to a person who sets out on a journey of spiritual significance, often on a quest  of self-discovery, that leads to a personal reawakening and enhanced perspective.  Those typical motivations of curiosity, restlessness, and the need to see different places and different faces help satisfy our need to be a more complete person.  Although we hit the road to discover the world, our greatest discovery is often internal, as we develop confidence in our ability to visualize our dreams and overcome obstacles to achieve them.”

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.