The Hope of Travel and All We Say About It
Part of it is the process of getting older, and part of it comes from the experience itself. In my case I realized that much of travel was about being open to different ways of life and changes outside my control. When I found myself getting frustrated, more often than not the problem was my own expectations.
Chris Guillebeau • The Happiness of Pursuit: Find the Quest that will Bring Purpose to Your Life
We hit the road in the hope of finding what we’re looking for—or at least sufficiently distracting ourselves from the hungers and haunting absences that propelled our departure in the first place.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
I’ve long believed that we were never meant to stay in one place. The world is big, and as humans we are meant to explore it. A desire for adventure has fueled me since my teen years when I enrolled in online high school and, for the first time, had the freedom to be anywhere.