The days of sitting at home are gone. Mankind has now found the way to relish in the beauty of the earth. The humans have never been constant. We’ve incessantly changed our places. In the earlier times, travelers and nomads from far away land used to travel for many purposes.
Although now, we travel not only to fulfill our purposes but also to pacify our mind and soul.
Let’s start with a question.
Do you remember the exhilarating feeling when you sat by the train’s window? The beautiful sights of the cities passing by, the feeling of familiarity calming your senses. The cool breeze brushing your hair away. The people with such vivid stories, colouring your own world. But mostly, the joy in self-discovery. To some, travelling may only be limited to luxury trips. But it expands way beyond that. You can walk around your own city. You can take a bus or even a metro to the nearest station. You can discover things without paying exorbitant money. That’s the beauty of travelling. Indeed, it is the most therapeutic thing to exist in the world.
Here are the 10 reasons why people should travel more
- Self-discovery is important in a world full of diversions. Travelling gives you an opportunity to find yourself amongst strangers. It makes you feel things you wouldn’t feel unless you travel. It lets you find your way through the world in a beautiful, fascinating manner.
- Travelling is essential for people with 9-5 jobs. It lets them free from the shackles of the corporate and the capitalist society. It rejuvenates their mind and soul. Travelling helps people to take their minds off overthinking and gives them a chance to take a break from hectic schedules. It’s a type of meditation.
- Travelling exposes each and every one of us to new cultures and new ideologies. It opens up your mind to new horizons. Travelling helps you in looking at things from a whole different perspective. You start looking at things from a wider angle. This quality helps in both your personal and professional life.
- While for some people, travelling is a leisure activity, for some it is more about the thrill. Travelling gives a chance to people to step out of their comfort zones. People who feel shy and hesitate to take the leap benefit the most from travelling. It makes them confident. With travelling, you learn how to deal with difficult situations as well as people.
- The best thing about travelling is the exposure to a kaleidoscope of culture and heritage. You get to dwell in history while living in the present. You get to gaze at the future while standing on the ground. You get to celebrate the victories of the world but also weep for the lost souls. You get to dance with the tunes of the world and sing along to the songs of the sea.
Travelling lets you discover the earth in your own thoughts and imagination.
- Travelling is great for enhancing your social skills. It helps you to communicate with unknown people. It gives you a clear thinking. It makes you feel comfortable with people other than your acquaintances. Travelling helps in making the world your family.
- To travel nicely, you need to organise nicely. Organizing everything is the first step to a memorable trip. Travelling gives you a chance to organise everything timely without any hassle. It helps you in planning effectively and also teaches you time and cost management, two most valuable skills in the world.
- Travelling makes you face new challenges. These could be anything like running low on time, finding that you’re lost, running out of money or in the worst case scenario, losing your belongings. Yet, you get up on your feet and find the way back home.
- Scientifically, travelling allows your body to adapt to new changes. As it is exposed to other microorganisms, your body develops the natural ability to fight them off. Thus, travelling also helps in gaining an immunized body.
- It’s hard to not include that travelling is a muse to so many poets, bloggers and writers. Travelling has opened up the eyes of the dreamers. There’s poetry hiding in the bazaars of India. There’s art behind the starry skies blanketing the earth. But mostly, there are stories present, wanting to get discovered.
So go ahead, wander in the littlest moments of the earth. Buy that ticket you’ve been longing for and set ahead to the journey of your dreams. If you get lost, do not worry, because travelling will make a home for you, in every place on the earth and far beyond.
By Saniya Baxi
