“Some travel is more a nuisance than a hardship, but travel is always a mental challenge, and even at its most difficult, travel can be an enlightenment.”
~ Paul Theroux
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”
~ Ibn Battuta
“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.”
~ Anonymous
“True adventure begins when everything goes wrong.”
~ Yvon Chouinard
Earlier this week, I had family traveling from Kingston, Ontario to Victoria B.C. When I checked to see if they had got to their destination … I got this response. They left Kingston at 7 am, 1 Uber, 4 Trains, 1 Plane, 1 Bus and 1 Ferry, they had indeed landed in Victoria. All was well, but it got me thinking and inspired for this week’s blog. We take so much for granted, we have expectations, and we have the freedom to have expectations.
How much of our freedom is expectation? Do we only think within our own world? Are we grateful for our freedom? Do we give thought to the bigger world? Do we see others? Do we know their stories? Are they free to go home? Being aware of self encourages us to see others and to practice gratitude, compassion, and empathy. An inconvenience we might experience, put into context of our freedom, is a guiding means of our expectations and our compassion for self and others. On days when I feel small and insignificant I can practice compassion and gratitude and add hope for a gentler world!
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Written by: Deborah Lavender, BMG Senior Consultant
Image Copyright: CCO, www.rawpixel.com
