Thoughtful Traveling - May 4 - Alain de Botton
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2019-05-14

Greetings Thoughtful Travelers! Welcome to today’s thought for May 4th!  It’s by Alain de Botton, a Swiss-born British philosopher, author, and TV presenter.  He was born in 1969.

“It is not necessarily at home that we best encounter our true selves. The furniture insists that we cannot change because it does not; the domestic setting keeps us tethered to the person we are in ordinary life, who may not be who we essentially are.”

So what are your thoughts on today’s quote? Here’s mine.  “The freedom of the road means many things, including you are now free to be yourself.  You are an unknown quantity to all those you are about to meet. You have no presumed identity beyond what others see in your physical appearance and your actions.  The role you played back home is irrelevant now. The expectations of those closest to you on a regular basis are gone.  You’re as free to be you as you let yourself be.  That’s a glorious feeling and one of the most precious rewards of travel.”

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