For me, travel is a lot of things. To me it’s a religion which enlightens me, it's an adventure which is unpredictably thrilling and it's my romantic love story into which I fall deeper each moment. Travel is your day to day life. A person isn’t defined as a nomad or a traveler by how much he travels but by how he travels through his life. A true nomad, to me, is a person who is entirely or partially detached from the do’s and don’ts of the society and human relationships and finds peace and freedom pretty much away from them, resting on the lap of the wilderness and nature. So why does someone travel?
Travelling brings out happiness in life as we don’t spend most of our time untangling the complex web called society.We, as travelers seek for only one thing, happiness, and intend to gain it by spreading it; mostly detached from human-made illusions such as jealousy, power, fame and money because in the end ‘Happiness is only real, when shared’. The true spirit of a traveler lies in radiating happiness and spreading joy with everybody because as you travel you meet different kinds of people and you tend to adopt more of an accepting nature rather than being critical and judgmental because wisdom lies in realizing that a different opinion doesn’t mean a wrong opinion. We choose this life because we realize the complexities and sentimental pain in the world created by people and hence we choose to find our happiness in the paradise regulated and ruled by ourselves which is free from sorrow. And as we move along, we slowly start to find simple joys of life. We start cherishing the life as it is and tend to find joy in rather simple things such as a bird chirping or a cool breeze. We intend to find our ultimate paradise lying under the shade of a big green tree with a pleasant cool breeze swiftly running through our faces, watching the birds dance and sing around from one branch to the other.
Nomads seek for a getaway. A getaway from all the pain, the misery, the problems, the complexities of life to a simple and carefree environment, away from these… all alone. It is important and crucial to travel alone sometimes. Traveling alone provides you with the knowledge of your true strengths and weaknesses away from complex illusions people create.
Travel is all about self-discovery. Being away from everything and looking at everything to untangle the web of your life pondering what truly matters in life. By traveling, we attain wisdom to pursue high ideals and realize how illusive life we were leading because when we leave everything behind, we come to know their true worth. Mostly, we realize that we valued the unimportant things in life way too much.
While experiencing these things, our first reaction might be to compare it to home, where our lives seem very mundane and safe. But really, traveling is a lesson in appreciating where we come from. Differences between our culture and the ones we are immersed in during our travels make us realize just how much we take for granted in our lives back home.
We enter into the nomadic lifestyle as painful and tired humans and we come out as strong and clear-minded individuals who pursue wisdom and high ideals as the bond between nature and a man promotes creativity for the construction of a good life. Traveling around the world alone develops a very crucial trait in oneself i.e. being independent: When you travel alone you encounter a lot of different circumstances, which in routine life would require another person to deal with. But when you travel alone, you embrace independence, you learn how to overcome your sorrows, how to cherish your happiness, how to motivate yourself, needless of any other person to share it with, which in turn makes you strong-willed and independently free.
The romance between a vagabond and the road is ecstatic and blissful. Traveling alone enriches a man with wisdom and the ability to appreciate what truly matters. It also matures a man to be happy with the simple joys of life and detach from everything to appreciate and find his own true self. Travelling fills every heart with eternal happiness and exciting pleasant experiences. In the end, traveling means exploring yourself because travel is not about the journey you take outside, but about the one, you take inside.
