Photo Credit Tristan Colangelo
Bonjour!
BY LAUREN BRYNJELSEN
really like my subur-
ban backyard. It
comes with beautiful
and peaceful scenery,
a brick paver patio that holds a table perfect for dining al fresco and family gatherings around a firepit. The yard is large enough for my dog to play around while small enough for me to manicure and manage. It comes with the border of a fence, which declares my territory and a gate for optional use should I choose to let someone in or make my exit from the daunting vibes of a familiar environment.
The truth is while I enjoy my
backyard, I would never be fully living life from just my backyard. To truly experience life, you need to not only explore not just your own, but the backyards found throughout this big world. Many of life’s rewards can be found in travel.
Traveling introduces us to the unknown. Traveling leads to a story, to a new perspective, to new experiences. Traveling leads you to curiosity as you immerse yourself
into another’s culture.
Traveling leads to
humility and awe by
the grandness of what
the earth holds.
Mark Twain eloquently said
“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.”
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