FFLA - The Art of Traveling

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When you pack your bags to explore the beauties of your own country or to travel around the world, consider these keys to a happy journey.

Travel Lightly – You are not traveling for people to see you.
Travel Expectantly – Every place you visit is like a surprise package to be opened. Untie the strings with an expectation of high adventure.
Travel Hopefully – “To travel hopefully”, wrote Robert Louis Stevenson, “is better than to arrive.”
Travel Humbly – Visit people and places with reverence and respect for their traditions and way of life.
Travel Courteously – Consideration for your fellow travelers and your hosts will smooth the way through the most difficult days.
Travel Gratefully – Show appreciation for the many things that are being done by others for your enjoyment and comfort.
Travel with an Open Mind – Leave your prejudices at home.
Travel with Curiosity – It is not how far you go, but how deeply you go that mines the gold of experience. Thoreau wrote a big book about tiny Walden Pond.
Travel with Imagination – As the old Spanish proverb puts it, “He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.”
Travel Fearlessly – Banish worry and timidity; the world and its people belong to you just as you belong to the world.
Travel Relaxed – Make up your mind to have a good time. Let go and let God.
Travel Patiently – It takes time to understand others, especially when there are barriers of language and custom; keep flexible and adaptable to all situations.
Travel with the Spirit of a World Citizen – You’ll discover that people are basically much the same the world over. Be an ambassador of good will to all people.