"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ February 3, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-02-02

URL: https://youtu.be/zJyu01QHpOc

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for February 3, 2016. 

It’s a lyric from a song named “Tripping Billies” made popular by the Dave Matthews Band (DMB), an American rock group formed in 1991.  The lyric paraphrases two Bible verses: Isaiah 22:13 and 1 Corinthians 15:32.  

“Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.”
So what are your thoughts on today’s quote? Here’s mine:

“The DMB added the command to be ‘merry”, which was implied, but not stated in the two related Bible verses, to create one of its most memorable lyrics.  And, if we knew our last day was tomorrow, most of us would also probably enjoy our favorite food and drinks one more time, just as condemned prisoners do. In the travel context, I think it means why put off seeing the world, you never know how long you will live or when the window of opportunity for you to travel will close forever.  So live it up while you still can!”

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. Chesteron
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.