Travel - Reinvent yourself

The way we are progressing towards modernization with our hectic way of living, we are unable to find time for our self to relax and enjoy. Travelling comes to our rescue here.

Why should we travel?

Studies have shown that travelling by large improves your overall health and also enhances your level of creativity. One can gain plenty of things such as exploring different and new places, making new friends, new experiences and stories. Exploring new places gives us a better understanding of the people residing there including their culture, history and background. Travelling also allows us to take a break from our daily routine and helps us reboot our system. Everyone looks for such outings or vacations to spend and get a life time experience. Some memories from travel get etched in our heart forever.

Travel does not always mean taking vacations or planning advance trips, it can just be a simple journey to an unknown place where you have never been before with an open mind and allow life to show you the endless oportunities that possibly were awaiting you and you could have never imagined of before. You can travel with your friends, with your family, with you partner or Alone! All travel experiences are different and wonderful in its own way. It can make you long for more destinations to visit. Along with this you get to experience different cultures, you get to taste different cuisines and above all you get to meet new people.

Does travelling have a definite age?

Many times we wait for the perfect time to travel, but there is not such time that is perfect, one can travel anytime, as very rightly put in to words by someone-

When something good happens, travel to celebrate.

If something bad happens, travel to forget it.

If nothing happens, travel to make something happen

So you need not wait to travel, just travel and explore the world as much as you can. If you want to experience more joy in your life, then travel more. It is worth every penny spent as the memories gathered last forever.

Perks of travelling

1. As very rightly said by saint Augustine, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page”. Every place in the world had its own charm and uniqueness. No matter how much of it you read in the books or hear from others, going and experiencing holds a very different experience. every palce that you discover, every person that you meet, the food that you eat, the culture that you see, the events that unfold; all of these have a different experience. Some may leave a lifetime impression on you. Being in a place teaches you more than reading about it in pages. Go and explore to know more it is then that you will realize how little you knew about the world.

2. Traveling helps you connect with people from different cultures and ethnicity. It removes your prejudices and broadens your way of thinking. It makes you see different cultures and issues from different angles.

3. Travelling to unknown places especially when you travel alone, helps increase your confidence and improves you presence of mind. It increases your ability to face obstacles and helps you grow as a person. Your ability to accept and face challenges increases substancially. As quoted by Danny Kaye- “To travel is to take a journey into yourself ”. Travelling often gives people a new purpose for their lives.

4. You get to learn a lot about life from the situations and experiences that you go through while travelling. Meeting different people from different cultures and society teaches you a lot about them and their living. One also gets to learn about the issues and challenges faced by them. All these can never be learnt in the four walls. You need to go out and live the real thing.

5. Travelling with friends and family helps strengthen your bonds and improves the understanding inbetween. The memories created during such trips are for life-time.

6. Travel if you want to re-invent or make a change in your life. no amount of educational books can substitute this. It helps you in your personal development and growth, it decreases your stresses, helps you discover yourself, it makes you see life with a different perspective. While travelling, some found spiritual peace, some found how to make a living, some just got another hobby. It is different for different people as every indvidual is unique is his/her own way. Traveling opens up endless opportunities.

Last but not the least travelling is beneficial for your physical, mental and emotional health as well. It makes you feel healthier and at peace especially for people going through depression and emotional conflicts. Travel to heal yourself!

Traveling is indeed a great thing to do!