"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ January 17, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-01-16

URL: https://youtu.be/n14WSmWh2e8

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for January 17, 2016. 

It’s by Buddha, who was born Siddhārtha Gautama in what is now Nepal in about the 5th century BC.   Although born a prince, he left his family and wealth behind to become an ascetic, wandering the land to attain “enlightenment” at which time he became the Buddha.  

“You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.”

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

 “I think what Buddha is saying is that to experience the essence of something you must totally understand its purpose and meaning.  The best way to do that is to internalize it and make it part of you.  Although Buddha wasn’t speaking strictly about traveling as we think of it, real travelers should take heed that to gain the most rewards from your travel experiences, you need to embrace them to the utmost, recognize their true essence, and do your best to gain a complete understanding and appreciation of the people and places you visit.” 

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.