| |9 July 2018HIGHERReviewBeing on the road, we learn about compassion, patience, missed opportunities, random blessings, perseverance and not taking anything for grantedused words, thus picking up a new language. We figure out the local favorite dishes and their variations and the popular entertainment options, which many times are so unlike the ones we usually enjoy back home. But, on the road, we are amenable to trying and maybe even liking so much more.Travelling is sometimes like a crash course in life's lessons. Being on the road, we learn about compassion, patience, missed opportunities, random blessings, perse-verance and not taking anything for granted. We learn to appreciate even the smallest of things.Travel also helps us form memories ­ of interesting times, places and people. The time away from your regu-lar life is what you always talk about to your friends, fami-ly and colleagues. The fascinating stories of missed trains, random kindnesses, the prettiest street you chanced upon, chance encounters in coffee shops and the exhila-rating drive down the coast. These are the memories that keep you alive and kicking, sometimes while you strug-gle through the most mundane meetings and discussions or even in the most lively parties where you will have a devoted crowd of eager listeners, waiting for your tales.Travelling with friends / partners / families also en-hances the bonds and makes us appreciate them more. We sometimes tend to take for granted so many of these qual-ities of our friends and families. Being on the road with them and sharing experiences and memories, makes these bonds stronger and much deeper. It also gives us a deeper understanding of their thinking and feelings, which may be difficult to gauge in the blur of day to day. Isn't that one of the key reasons why companies have off-sites, to improve employee bonding.Travel can be much more than the annual couple of weeks on a beach. It does not matter if you are chasing the Northern Lights in Iceland or Bungee Jumping in New Zealand, enjoying a private picnic on a hill in South Africa or even riding a Bullet through the dizzying passes of La-dakh. Our amazing experiences can go beyond the initial fun and excitement and lead us to break the shackles of the day to day and liberate our thinking beyond our capa-bilities. Travel should be taken not just as a break from the regular but as an enriching experience to revel in.
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