Travel–Some of my best lessons have come from the road
Ten life lessons from travelling
2. Many a time, when things go beyond me, travel has helped me to realize to accept the situation as is. It has given me confidence, a bit of resilience despite the many anxieties and the panic attacks that I have faced in life or while travelling. I am still learning to live and deal with all my fears and insecurities, but travel is helping me to shed some inhibitions along the way.
3.Of the ten life lessons from travelling, this is the most important. It has humbled me. When you walk into a large square full of people or visit an ancient monument or gaze at a mountain from the valley, you realize you are a speck in the universe. A dot whose worries and joys melt with the elements. It helps you to realize that your big ego lives and dies with you.
4.Travel has given me a strong sense of grounding rather than a fake sense of achievement or pride. It has helped me realize what I can do, what I cannot and has helped me to live and accept it. It prepares you for the best and worst in life. It helps you realize that even if you fly business class, you have to deal with turbulence.
5. Of course , travel has helped me to merge with the milieu ; I try to blend in , but I still retain my individuality. Travel has taught me to experience ; it is also adding a little layer called “experience” to me. One of the ten life lessons from travelling that is relevant even today.
6. It has opened doors, widened my vistas and has given me a sense of both reality and fantasy. It has made me empathetic, rational at times and has woken the dormant “me “.
7.Travel has given me a strong sense of balance. It has taught me to be on my guard and not to try foolhardy things in the name of adventure. I push my limits, only when I understand my body and mind completely. I have also tried to understand the atmosphere and the sensibilities around me, before attempting anything new. One of the ten life lessons from travelling is that travel however has also made me learn something new at every step. It has made me try new things, explore new vistas and push me beyond some boundaries.
8.Travel has taught me to accept and understand change. It has taught me to live with it. It has helped me realize that everything in life is transient, even this moment as I explore something new. It has taught me to be a bit flexible and adjust, which is a bit trying at times. It has also helped me realize that plans can always change at the last minute and I should go with the flow.
9.Travel has helped me to break some prejudices. I am still trying to accept things unconditionally but I have learnt to drop baggage and let go of some unwanted weight along the way. On a different note, I have to learnt to pack light and travel with whatever I have with me , keeping functionality as the thumb rule
10. Most importantly travel has made me discover a new facet of me. I am my best companion when I travel. It has helped me to understand me as a person and live with my frailties and foibles.
I hope to be healthy always and be on the road all the time and keep learning, discovering..May this journey never end ..
Its a Fantastic Write-up
Great article…inspired me to travel more…to lands “far far away” as they say…
a beautiful travel post, it was a pleasure reading it, keep up with your travels, keep sharing them.
recently started following your blog and it’s been a lovely place to visit, kudos.
Happy journey 🙂
Very well said.
I always enjoy your posts.
Margaret
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And no better day than today (teachers day) to write this article 🙂
Very true
Brilliant write-up..
Very soothing article. I read it again & again. Felt very calm & quite inside.
That is a great article. Loved reading it. I absolutely agree to all those points that you have mentioned.
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Nice Post
Very well put thoughts. You have a very good though process!
Hi Lakshmi! It has been a long absence, but things have been a bit hard: father 95, mother almost 91 doing radiotherapy, wife broke right elbow and I’m consuming some much needed holidays to take care of all this…
Great post. What a pleasure to land here!!
As far as Blogtrotter Two is concerned, it seems nobody is interested in St. Kitts, so maybe I should try something else. Anyhow, enjoy and have a great week or better a vacation, if still available!!!
Being a travel bug from my childhood I had opportunities to see many parts of our beautiful country and despite many constraints in basic amenities the endless beauty of the nature makes me yearn for more. I don’t think I will be able to see all that my beloved India has on offer for us. Nice blog. keep writing.
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lovely post, Lakshmi!!!! and every one of those points is so true… esp no.3!! thats what drives me to age old monuments and temples… again and again and again!! and somehow, in some places, there is that feeling of connecting, of somehow being able to travel back in time… its such a wonderful feeling!!!! as to no no. 4, oh thats so so true… i have had amazing expereinces in ST buses and horrible experiences in the best of places!!! travel really teaches us such a lot!!!
lovely post! very well elucidated.
Hey Lakshmi,
You cannot see me nodding vigorously in approval. It’s a transformative experience and those who get it will get it, those who won’t won’t. Thanks for the inspirations! 🙂
I agree with everything you’ve written dear! followed your lovely blog on GFC, can’t stop reading 🙂 if you’d like to, please take a look at my travel blog http://www.hollyscrivener.blogspot.co.uk
keep in touch!
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Sure thing..thanks for dropping by
Rightly Said Laxmi Sarath. Travel is a great teacher and one of the most beautiful thing about travel i like is Freedom it gives i.e the feel of the freedom of life.
Thank you..glad you liked it.
Hello Lakshmi!
Being a lover of travelling myself, I can’t agree more with you. The interactions one has with various people of different cultural / traditional backgrounds are life lessons worth remembering through the course of our lives. The friends we make both with the people and the places are memories to be cherished.
Loved reading your blog-post! 🙂
Nikhila.
Thanks Nikhila..i so agree with you
Hi Lakshmi,
This was such a heartfelt post; whenever I find a bit of free time I sit and patiently read your old posts. You truly are an inspiration. Wishing you all the very best to discover many new places and hope you blog about them to enlighten souls like me 🙂
I loved this set of lines – ‘It has helped me realize that everything in life is transient, even this moment as I explore something new. It has taught me to be a bit flexible and adjust, which is a bit trying at times. It has also helped me realize that plans can always change at the last minute and I should go with the flow.’ 🙂
Thanks,
Mahesh
Thanks so much
True .. Travel teaches us the most important life lessons. I have experienced it several times in life .. Good to see you connecting this to the Teacher’s day.. To the best teacher! – GS
Thanks so much..
Yes, may the journey never end. This article was a delight to read.
Thank you Gaurav…loved yours too
Lovely article Lakshmi..I can relate to point 3 & 8 very closeley than others… You have said thinngs that travel teaches each one….Glad you shared your perspective of learning! I would share mine today and share with u !
Sure Rutavi..thanks
Hi Lakshmi,
On Teacher’s Day, it beautifully captures the fact that travel is indeed the best teacher one can have 🙂
Cheers,
Megha Jamb
Yes Megha..thank you
Very well said Lakshmi
Thanks Anu..as travellers I think we all must have experienced it at some point of time in our lives