"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ January 20, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-01-17

URL: https://youtu.be/SxW5hLSjgBo

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for January 20, 2016. 

It’s by Ernest Hemingway, the American novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.  The inspiration for many of Hemingway’s books were his travel adventures in Europe, Africa, and Cuba.  He lived from 1899 to 1961.

 “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” 

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

 “This is good advice because when you travel there are many decisions to be made and the meter is always running on your time, money, and energy.  So, ordinary things such as where to eat or stay, what to do next, which train to take, what time to get up or go to bed, can become bones of contention.  And, whether you’re traveling with your best friend, your spouse, or your sweetie, tension is inevitable. So, be prepared and play nice.   One of my old travel buddies and I always promised not to punch each other out, and it worked.  Some humor and empathy also helps.”

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.