The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-05-11
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A man and wife who are neigh
bors of mine told me that they
have only been away from their
home for one night since they
were married 80 years ago. And
they are one of the happiest coup
les I know.
It may not be that this lack Of
change is the secret of their great
satisfaction with life, but it GER
tainly hasn't interfered.
It is natural desire of all of us
to see new places. This couple
wanted to too in their younger
days. But when they got married
they bought small farm which
they have been operating ever
since, and they just have never
been able to figure out how they
can pack up and leave it. The an
iHals must be fed and there are al
ways thousand and one things
which need doing. Some people
might be able to let things slide
for a few days, but they're not
that type.
They admit that they used to
long to go away for vacations but
don't ever think about it any more.
The one night they did try it the
bull got out and caused a lot of
trouble in the neighborhood. That
was sort of a turning point in their
lives. Without mentioning it to
one another they both agreed from
then on that unless something
very unexpected happened they
would stay home for the rest Of
their lives.
EDUCATION health
Teachers have always insisted
that travel is an amost essential
ingredient of education. Doctors
often prescribe Change of
scene" when they can't seem to re-
store health by any other prescrip-
ton. And travel agents, in their
advertising, try to make us believe
that we are missing most all of
the fun of life if we don't take
trip once in a INDEPENDENTLY
a long one.
All of these travel enthusiasts
would probably be Mortified, or at
least highly amused, by anyone
having the effrontery to argue
that they may be wrong. And I
admit it may be a form of creep
ing mental paralysis on my part
to hold that vieW-but during the
short period in which there has
been ban on travel I have found
it a more and more enjoyable re-
striction.
Before the war, from this time
of the year until September, US
ed to spend number of weeks, or
at least week-ends, away from
home. To me it was a change
which l thought I needed and
which l seemed to enjoy. Even
then l remember the pleasant
feeling which I experienced each
time l returned home but now I
know the even greater satisfaction
which can come from not going
away. have found that the
grass is greener in my own back
yard than it is most places, the
comfort is greater in my own
home than in most summer re-
sorts and it is decided relief to
let the family suitcases sit idly
gathering dust instead of iamming
them full of clothes and Juggling
them off to some haven of rest"
MOHAMMED future
AS for sight-seeing-in this
creeping paralysis stage of life
which l seem to be approaching I
lind myself leaning more and
more toward Mohammed's idea of
having a mountain brought to
him. And in this day and age,
with movies showing us what all
foreign places look like, with
newspaper pictures showing us
more details and with television
getting ready to drop the world
into our living rooms, Moham-
med's idea seems to be becoming
more and more practical one.
On the other hand, while per-
fected systems of communication
are bringing distant places closer
and closer to us improvements in
transportation will soon make it
increasingly easy for us to 60 to
those distant places. After the
war we will therefore have the
competing temptations of taking
fast trips to places we have never
been able to reach in a limited
time before, or of staying home
and having those places brought
to us.
There is no doubt that travel
will grow in leaps and bounds in
the future, but I am still inclined
to believe that too much travel
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