Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Living abroad has heightened my interest in how foreigners regard the strange places we encounter.
When one travels around the world, one notices to what an extraordinary degree human nature is the same, whether in India or America, in Europe or Australia.
Though as a psychologist I like to think that nothing human is foreign to me, I admit to having been repeatedly flabbergasted by the insouciance, and sometimes relish, with which our ancestors carried out and witnessed unspeakable cruelties.
I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the world.
In order to engage in an 'experiencing of the world,' one has to physically move oneself to the most diverse places on earth.
It's a well known thing that ordinary perceptions can have a strange aspect when one is travelling.
Ask, 'How are we different from the great apes?' We have culture, we have civilisation, and we have language to be celebrated as part of being human.
Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.
Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect.