Life Lesson 40: Travel Expands Your Mind
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
— St. Augustine
Education never stops.
You heard it from your teachers, professors and mentors. As I get ready for my youngest son’s college graduation, I’m certain to hear that idea expressed at his commencement ceremony.
You should not only have heard it by now. But you should believe it. In fact, in my Match.com profile, I have written that I believe we never stop learning until we take our last breath.
Any boomer male who has traveled knows that exploring new places is the accelerated course for learning. Because when you visit a new place, whether in your own state or in a foreign country, you feel your mind
expand quickly.
Last summer I visited New England and felt ridiculously alive and engaged. It had been 30 years since I was last in Boston.
On this trip with my girlfriend, I got to take in Fenway Park (there’s one checked off my bucket list), an island off Maine enjoying my first lobster bake and seeing Motif #1 on Cape Anne, well known to students of art and art history as “the most often-painted building in America.”
I returned from the trip rejuvenated and engaged in life. And my guess is that has happened to you in your life as well.
It makes no difference whether you explore a new place in your own community or take in the sights and history of a country you’ve never seen before. The experience for you is unforgettable.
Plain and simple, travel is like getting a post-graduate degree without writing a thesis.
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