Why travel???

This article has a eye opening perspective. It is easy to take for granted, the opportunities we have in our society. The opportunity we have to travel, in fact is a novelty that much of our world population does not experience. Ironic it is that it may take traveling for us to fully realize what we have. http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0005/why_travel.shtml

I feel sometimes as though I really need to do more then I do to help the world. Some of the decisions I make are selfish, I know. But sometimes I feel apathetic as well, living in this society where you don't know what to get people for Christmas gifts because they have every physical thing you can possibly think of, and you know that in 6 months or whatever this nameless gift will make its way to a landfill (so, I think I'm starting to turn towards giving some non-physical gifts). It seems sometimes in America we have every physical thing possible but we are missing things that are of greater significance, like community, and the passion to fight for our beliefs. It seems sometimes, people no longer know where to stand (I'll speak for myself, when I say this) Maybe its just me, maybe I just need to become involved with something I find purposeful, and that I feel will actually make a difference. I guess I don't really know if other people really feel this way. Maybe its just me. But maybe not, I'm sure there are others that must feel lost in our world sometimes. So traveling makes sense for people like us. It makes us feel as though we are on a quest, searching for answers, even if traveling just raises more questions.