"I love to travel."
"I wish I could travel more."
"I can't wait to travel again."
I've been reading and hearing these sentiments a lot lately. And it got me thinking about my own views on traveling and exploration. I'd never given it much thought before and here is what I discovered.
To travel and to explore are two different things.
To travel is to physically go to a different location.
To explore is to learn and grow.
I prefer to explore.
I prefer to have experiences that catch my eye, stimulate my mind, and touch my soul.
This can happen while traveling. For instance, learning about different lifestyles or taking in new sights through interactive experiences. I want to be doing things unique to the place I am in. That's why I travel - to explore somewhere new.
But exploration can also happen from my own couch. I can explore just by inspecting my own thoughts and taking things in from different angles. I don't actually need to travel anywhere.
How interesting . . .
To travel and to explore both present new opportunities, but they are definitely not one and the same.
Which do you crave more?
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