story on travelling broadens the mind?
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Travelling broadens our vision
According to Augustine, the world
is a great book, of which they who never stir from home read only a page. It is
a well established fact now that travelling gives a character to our knowledge.
While travelling we have firsthand knowledge about the place we are travelling.
We actually see the place with our own eyes, and its memory stays with us
throughout our life. For example reading about Ooty may be entertaining and
appealing, but visiting Ooty in person will surely be thousand times more
entertaining and gratifying. Standing on the tallest peak Doddabetta, roaming
in the botanical garden, boat ride in the Pykara lake, visit to tea and coffee
plantations, etc will fill you with ineffable thrill.
Traveling is wonderful in many
ways. As we travel we meet more new people, cultures, and
lifestyles. With all the newness in our life, we are also opened to new
insights, outlook, perception of the world and living, which often gives us a new
purpose for our lives.
While travelling, we have to be
prepared for unplanned emergencies and schedules. We have to make arrangements
for our travelling, lodging and boarding. This makes us more organized and
self-reliant.
At home we are always living in the
cocoon of comfort, luxuries, and protection among our loving and caring family
members; we generally take them for granted. We are usually not appreciative of
their love for us. However, when we spend time away from home, especially in a
place where we don’t have the same luxuries readily available to us, we become
more aware and appreciative for the luxuries we have back at home.
The more we travel, the more we
realize that our home is so much more than the town, city, state and even
country that we’ve grown up in; we realize that our home is the world, this planet,
and we become more conscious of how we can harmoniously live and support one
another. And in that knowingness and state of consciousness, we extend our
sympathy and support to the less privileged.
While travelling we make new
friends at the new place and carry their memories home. Thus, travelling makes
the inhabitants interconnected. We start feeling ourselves as members of one big
family of mankind living on one home planet. This makes life more wonderful.
In conclusion it can be said that travelling is one of the most precious gifts of life, and we must relish it and enjoy its sundry life-transforming benefits.