"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ March 14, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-03-10

URL: https://youtu.be/ypLb_MM8RWI

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for March 14, 2016. 

It’s by Jack London, the American author of “The Call of the Wild.  He lived from 1876 to 1916.

“…. each day mankind and the claims of mankind slipped farther from him.  Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire and the beaten earth around it, and to plunge into the forest, and on and on, he knew not where or why; nor did he wonder where or why, the call sounding imperiously, deep in the forest.”

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

“Egad!  Sounds like the ‘Wolfman’ goes camping!  I’m not sure if it’s a blessing or a curse to be that attuned to nature. Some of Jack London’s most popular writings were based on his experiences during the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1800s.  He sat around the campfires, heard the sounds of the night, and recorded those images in his mind.  He was an intrepid world traveler, infected with lifelong wanderlust by the siren call of the wild, like hearing a train go by or a ship tooting its horn. Certain sounds and images compel each of us to turn our backs on the home fire and plunge into another of our own fascinating journeys.”

Now…here’s the list of all the sources quoted in March.  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!

March 1-31, 2016 (entries listed by date and source):
01 Anais Nin
02 Aldous Huxley
03 Margaret Mead
04 Mark Twain
05 Mason Cooley
06 Arnold Bennet
07 Confucius
08 Kenneth Grahame
09 Clive Jones
10 (Unknown)
11 Douglas Adams
12 Jack Kerouac
13 Sir Walter Scott
14 Jack London
15 (Roman Expression)
16 Walt Disney
17 George Bernard Shaw
18  William Bartram
19 Robert Jenkins
20 John B. Priestly
21 William Shakespeare
22 Thomas Haynes Bayly
23 Pubilius Syrus
24 Dr. Maya Angelou
25 Arthur Schopenhauer
26 Mario Batali
27 Pope John Paul II
28 Benjamin Franklin
29 Samuel Johnson
30 Reverend Purlie V. Judson
31 Antoine de Saint Exupery

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.