I love traveling. I always believed that the essence of life is to travel and explore nature. When you start traveling you will come across different people, find the opportunity to share life experiences with others, something good or bad. Everyone is a tourist at least once in his lifetime, but only a few of us truly explore the world.
The vast majority of people who travel do so without thinking much about it. They book their tickets and accommodation for a destination that looks interesting, fly over there, do some tours, eat some local foods, take a heap of photographs, and then back home. But there is always a way to explore and get something deeper out of the journey. That’s to travel more thoughtfully — to think about the philosophy of travel. Ask yourself these questions before setting out and your next trip might be more meaningful and even more enjoyable.
there is always a way to explore and get something deeper out of the journey
The Chinese proverb “It is better to travel 10,000 miles than reading 10,000 books” is more pertinent than ever. The experiences gained by travel are pulsating and permeated by the breath of human experience and interaction. Book knowledge helps us obtain a basic understanding of subjects and categorize them; it moves in one dimension. Travel is multidimensional: It connects the various branches of human knowledge that are held isolated in unconnected mental compartments. It introduces us to new sounds and smells and an infinite variety of circumstances. Travel is not only the ultimate university but also the only one that is alive.
There are far more benefits of traveling than just doing away with stress while you enjoy your orange juice in front of the pool, especially if you are traveling abroad.
Besides de-stressing yourself, which is indeed a fact, traveling can also improve your health and help you learn a new language, but the importance of travel goes far beyond that. It completely changes the way you see the world and interacts with other people and the environment, and this by itself is already a good reason why it’s important to travel the world.
Traveling completely changes the way you see the world
Change the concept of traveling because the majority of the people travel for vacation, a chance to be free of the daily life routine, and to spend time with their family. It is by itself good enough. However, only a few people realize the positive effects of traveling either by road/by air, which range from healthy reasons to self-esteem, and from personal growth to pleasure. It changes you as a person, and shapes the way you see the world, and how you react to different situations. (Edited by Mamoona Shakoor)
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