Traveling to new places and meeting new people has been the offer I got from job profile in the development sector. The reason to become a part of this sector was conscious and personal despite initial voluntary and involuntary resistance from many fronts. Not much of a fighter but trained to be a fighter, I am little sceptic of gentle and flaccid personality I hold for people knowing me.
Stuck to a place and spending my days over the desk like the regular school classes which I hardly enjoyed, was not my idea of work. Though unusual but such things can be expected from an eccentric. Sometimes I think there might be lot of kids or young people or people in their middle age who would like to be free like the river to choose its course, but under circumstances remain meek.
Travel is ecstatic and an expression of freedom which makes it a longing affair in many lives. I was lucky to be despised by many of my friends and folks on hearing my travel adventures which were a mix of individual and group. Though at times I would crib about unnecessary things out of concern so that they don't feel too much as a looser :)
On one hand individual travel offered me great amount of time in making new acquaintances, understanding new cultures and falling in love with what seemed appealing. Whereas group travel was mix of part of individual travel itinerary and learnings and perspectives of the group. Group travel is good provided people are not poles apart, and little respectful of other members choices and time. I liked both because it saved me from the monotony which each of these kinds offer. During the traveling sojourn to different parts I would meet people going to hill station/beach/island/religious places, who have planned every micro and mini aspect from days to mode of travel and what to do and what not to do list. It was funny for me and would make me wonder on the intentions of their travel. Idea behind the travel and visiting new places is to let loose everything but most of the people tie them up like their regular life. Guess these days profession has churned out everything in the 'professional life creativity', leaving people empty on 'personal life creativity'.
Socialism, consumerism and 'stingy-ism' and other bookish and invented terms showed their faces in small ways to me. This way life was wonderful and is wonderful for me. I hope same for everyone or atleast people who like to see the applicability of learning in the life more than accumulating heaps of bookish knowledge to sit in the AC rooms and debate in the conferences :).
I wont say 'I dream and we can' like Mr. Obama as he is too big and intelligent plus most powerful person in the world (reason being- fear that CIA might frame me in fake case or contempt charges) so I won't even dare copy him. But from my heart I believe if I could cite the benefits of traveling in personal growth as a human being and of course professional growth (to avoid any confusion for future employer), many of the actions harmful to 'children of lesser god', which people do keeping their conscience aside may stop!
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