When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego and when we escape like the squirrels in the cage of our personality and get into the forest again, we shall shiver with cold and fright. But things will happen to us so that we don’t know ourselves. ~ D. H. Lawrence
During my lifetime I’ve seen continuous changes in society including food choices, access to technology, personal values, family structures, equality of the sexes, housing and career opportunities. But one thing that remains consistent is the human desire to travel and see other lands.
Many friends traveled overseas when I was in my 20s but my adventurous spirit was not strong and led me to marry and start a family in place of travel. Perhaps I subconsciously viewed traveling as a negative thing because of past experiences.
My father traveled to Europe when I was a child leaving…