Thoughtful Traveling - May 8 - Gustav Flaubert
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2019-05-06

Greetings Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for May 8th!  It’s by Gustav Flaubert, a leading French author of the realist period who wrote Madame Bovary.  He lived from 1821 to 1880.
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”
So what are your thoughts on today’s quote? Here’s mine.
“It’s sad but true: you may be the queen of the hop back home, but you’re really just another face in the crowd in the broader scheme of things.  What you think, what you wear, your profession, your social status, your net worth, and your trophy cabinet are all pretty much meaningless to people you’ll meet on the other side of the world.  And, when you visit ancient sites and places of great cultural significance, you’ll shrink even more.  But that’s okay; a little humility pulls us back to Earth and enables to better appreciate our fellow man.”
Now…here’s the list of all the sources quoted in May.  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!  
Dr. Stan McGahey