3 reasons how travelling has changed you as a person ? Better or worse !
I was mowing the lawn today and my mind was idley wandering off around the world. It got me thinking to how i've changed as a person since I've started travelling....How differently I think from the things i've seen and experienced.
For me, I think the 3 main things that have changed are:
1. Perspective.
Never again can I say "I'm skint, I'm starving or I have a hard life" Seeing how other people struggle with NOTHING gives me no right to think i'm hard done by. People don't really starve or go homeless in the west unless they really want to.
2. Developed patience
Travel has taught me to take life easy, not to get wound up by trivia and not to worry about things that have no real importance in life. You have to learn to take many a deep breath while on the road and just let things happen at their own pace.
3. Understanding what really matters in life.
It's not a big TV, the newest Iphone or the most expensive car. It's the smile on a kids face when you throw him an old England shirt or the hospitality of total strangers. It's seeing turtles hatch on a tropical beach or seeing the night sky with no light pollution.
Do you think travelling has changed you as a person ?? For better or for worse ??
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Did some trips.
Rode some bikes.
Fix them for a living.
Can't say anymore.
Last edited by *Touring Ted*; 31 May 2010 at 21:34.
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