I often find myself at a loss for words when explaining what exactly makes me consumed by all things travel. I’ll say its the people I meet or how each trip enables me to find more good than bad in the world. I can’t help but feel as if this concept isn’t fully grasped though, if all I have to show for it is a picture of me drinking a beer in another new city.
I’ve never been good with putting my thoughts or feelings into words (& here I am trying to create a blog? I know right) but this is too important to push to the side. Travel has become a part of my being & I want to be able to explain to people why, and to inspire them to book the flight themselves.
After each trip I feel like a different person. Not a new me, but an evolved me, a me with a broader scope of life. What one word can illustrate not only the lessons I learn from the people I meet while traveling, but the feelings I encounter while exploring each new city & culture?
A word that acknowledges what all travel experiences have in common, a new perspective. Every place I visit gives me a new found view on life, or an aspect of my life. It’s a realization that there is more to the world & that learning this “more” can change my perspective on the possibilities of life. These experiences give me a global perspective.
Google may define global perspective as, “when someone can think about a situation as it relates to the rest of the world” or “a comprehensive lens through which you see the world around you.” I like those definitions, but I want to take this word further. I want to create a phrase that we all experience, in our own unique ways.
A Global Perspective is a mindset that is capable of understanding the places, people, and cultures that make up our world and how they relate to one another. Allowing us to view life through the eyes of each other, in order to recognize the life possible for ourselves.
By traveling to new places, meeting new people, & learning new cultures we are able to gain a broader view on life, a worldly view. To increase our global perspective is to understand life through the eyes of others across the world, from all walks of life. By doing this we are opening our mind up to all of the opportunities in life. Seeing what the world is capable of, proves to us what we are capable of, inspiring us to live a life we love no matter the hurdles blocking our way. This Global Perspective can look different to all of us…
To me, gaining a Global Perspective motivates me to continue striving to be a genuine person, living positively, with unapologetically ambitious goals. The people I meet & the stories I hear during my travels continue to reassure me that this is possible. I want to continue increasing my global perspective & open my mind to the life I am capable of in this amazing world of ours.
