"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ February 17, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-02-15

URL: https://youtu.be/sZ2dQkbT0gk

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

It’s by Seattle, chief of the Suquamish Indians for whom the City of Seattle, Washington, was named.  Chief Seattle lived from 1780 to 1866.

 “Take only memories; leave only footprints.”

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

“This is a popular slogan that environmentalists wish everyone visiting a natural setting would embrace.  It’s actually more of a gentle command, since the farther we go off-the-beaten-path, the more we are on our own to either respect nature or be reckless and do it harm.  The actions of each person are important.  For example, if an average of 20 people per hour stroll along a pristine beach for 10 hours per day and each of them picks up 5 shells as souvenirs, that’s 1,000 shells a day, and 365,000 in a year.  Each person takes only 5 shells, but the beach gets less pristine every day.”

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. Chesterton
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.