October 2019
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400 pages
7h 56m
English
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October 9Intentional Travel
To set about living a true life is to go on a journey to a distant country, gradually to find ourselves surrounded by new scenes and people; and as long as the old are around me, I know that I am not in any true sense living a new or a better life.
Henry David Thoreau—Familiar Letters (1865)
Taking a vacation from time to time is so nice, isn't it? It's a chance to recharge, relax, and basically escape from real life. You've probably noticed that it takes a day or two to let go. At first, you're worrying about what you forgot, how your morning routine is going to go, and where you're going to find a good vegan restaurant (or not), but eventually you melt into the pace.
So, what if travel was more than a vacation or meeting destination? What if travel was intentional and served some everyday purpose? Perhaps you've known or admired some couple who quit their jobs, bought an RV, and took a year off. Maybe you thought it seemed noble; maybe you thought it just seemed hipsterish.
No matter; you don't have to take the giant leap, but “gradually to find ourselves surrounded by new scenes and people” offers an education unavailable in any other fashion.
Above all, intentional travel teaches us humility, compassion, empathy, and a whole lot about our capabilities as human beings.
If you subscribe to the notion that an eternal spirit of some sort exists that connects us all in a great big field of potential, then “a distant country” may be your greatest ...
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