The Vagabond'S Way Av Rolf Potts

<b>“Thought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiring” (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily lives—from the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of <i>Vagabonding</i></b><br><br>For readers who dream of travel, yearn to get back out on the road, or want to enrich a journey they’re currently on, <i>The Vagabond’s Way</i> explores and celebrates the life-altering essence of travel all year long. Each day of the year features a meditation on an aspect of the journey, anchored by words of wisdom from a variety of thinkers—from Stoic philosopher Seneca and poet Maya Angelou to Trappist monk Thomas Merton and Grover from <i>Sesame Street</i>.<br>  <br>Iconoclastic travel writer and scholar Rolf Potts embraces the ragged-edged, harder-to-quantify aspects of travel that inevitably change travelers’ lives for the better in unexpected ways. The book’s various sections mirror the phases of a trip, including<br><br>• <b>dreaming and planning the journey:</b> “All life-affecting journeys—and the unexpected wonders they promise—become real the moment you decide they will happen.”<br>• <b>embracing the rhythms of the journey:</b> “The most poignant experiences on the road occur in those quiet moments when we recognize beauty in the ordinary.”<br>• <b>finding richer travel experiences:</b> “Developing an instinct to venture beyond the obvious on the road allows you to see places as mysteries to be investigated.”<br>• <b>expanding your comfort zone:</b> “No moment of instant gratification can compare to savoring an experience that has been earned by enduring the adversity that comes with it.” <br><br><i>The Vagabond’s Way</i> encourages you to sustain the mindset of a journey, even when you aren’t able to travel, and affirms that travel is as much a way of being as it is an act of movement.