Back in 2014 I first shared a comment left by reader DJ,called "The Curse Of The Traveler." I consider it to be the three most profound paragraphs you can read about frequent travel. The story explains why travel can be enlightening while also making one feel unhappy and lonely.
I know many of you have read this before, but it's too suited not to share again, or for anyone who is new to the blog or missed it last time. I was reminded of it a couple of days ago,when a reader asked for a link to the story on Twitter.
Here it is:"An old vagabond in his 60s told me about it over a beer in Central America, goes something like this: The more places you see, and the more things you see that appeal to you,but no one station has them all. In fact, each station has a smaller and smaller percentage of the things you treasure, and the more things you see. It drives you,even subconsciously, to keep looking, and for a station not that’s perfect (we all know there’s no Shangri-La),but just for a station thats “just proper for you.” But the curse is that the odds of finding “just proper” gather smaller, not larger, or the more you experience. So you keep looking even more,but it always gets worse the more you see. This is allotment A of the Curse."The post Why Frequent Travel Can Lead To Sadness and Loneliness appeared first on One Mile at a Time.
Source: boardingarea.com