We better understand ourselves and others when we leave home to experience the world firsthand. Independent travel is a departure from routine - an opportunity to learn, have fun and embrace life in novel environments and cultures. Replacing broad expectations with nuanced realities. Seeing yourself in the context of a rich and complex world. Defining your values, exploring your beliefs, and crafting your own meaning for life. Dynamic possibilities over static goals.

Dad you are Loved and Missed. Now what all I have learned and how my dad has influenced me. Well that is probably going to have to be written some other time. Not sure if that could fit into a blog post.