"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our
people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of
men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the
earth all one’s lifetime."
i have been traveled to many places that started when i could travel. i just remembered that when i was 8 years old, my parents sent me to a train which picked me from my home city to another city that was my first time to travel alone which only took three hours, but for me, it was a big event. the only memory which i can remember is nervous, nervous, and nervous. even though the nervous almost deprived all my senses, i still could feel a kind of unspeakable excitement in my heart deeply. i could not ignore that, and i found a factor that i love travel. many years later, i have been to lots of beautiful or interesting places with my family and friends or by myself. travel can let people get rid of the shackles of the city to nature. when you see the mountain and river, then you have largeness of mind as the mountain and the river. People's horizon are confined to a small box, living in the square house, walking into the square building and elevator, using the grid office room, facing to the square computer. We don't need such a life; we need a different life, a full of differeces. where can we find that kind of life? travel is the best answer.
Sometimes people just think traveling is a hobby, but the travel can bring us more harvest. We can challenge yourself!
ReplyDeleteI like how you said "shackles" and I like the part about square,square, square... I think nature is really important too. Nature is good medicine for our modern souls.
ReplyDeletei liked your expressing because it draws attention and it keeps you continue reading
ReplyDeleteI also nervous if I go other cities and country because traveling give me a sence of excitement. Where is your next purpose in U.S.?
ReplyDeleteAlex, I can understand your feeling when you were on the train alone. I had the same situation with you. When I was 7-8, my parents sent me to my grandmother's house, and I took the bus to there. It took about 2 hours, but I was so nervous, lol. Anyway, it was a nice memory.
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