給回來的旅行者：人生，才是你的正職

by 藍白拖

Genres: Travel

208 pages, Paperback

Published October 2, 2015

Reviews

[Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite its title, this is a book that greatly benefits travelers and non-travelers alike, especially those who use traveling as a way of escaping from reality. The author emphasizes the equal importance of traveling to see what's out there and living our mundane everyday life diligently and with intention. As a seasoned traveller himself, the author has witnessed how traveling alone across disparate countries and cultures can drastically change how we think, feel, understand, and deal with the world, and even lead us to embark on a previously unimaginable life path. On the other hand, he is also careful to point out traveling is no magic silver bullet for many of the intractable problems in our everyday life, which we inevitably have to face up to after our return. The best traveling can do is to shed light on our presumptions, reveal our true weakness and hidden prejudices, cultivate our empathy for others, and mold our perspectives so that we may approach life's trials and tribulations with more calm and patience.