Traveling is very popular not only in China but all over the world. Everyone has the eager demand to travel around the world. I think traveling will become the necessity like eating, sleeping for everyone in the near future. I would also feel something undo in a year if I haven’t traveled one country. So far, I have been traveling around over 20 countries with my family or by myself.

What can we learn from traveling? Why do we have to travel around the world? Wonderful views, relaxing, tasty food, exotic culture and history, friendly people, what else? We have learnt something meaningful from traveling which could change our lives.

Creative ideas

I went to Iceland with my son some years ago. We visited one national nature park in the last day and we were asked to play a small tree by one local security guide when we were leaving. At first, we thought it was just one kind of trick like normal tour somewhere in China or Southeast Asia. What surprised us was that the activity was free. Why did they ask us to plant one small tree?

They just reminded us we should protect our environment carefully. We inhaled much oxygen and exhaled much carbon oxygen in their country when we traveled around Iceland, so we should do something to compensate the carbon balance. This little story totally changed my son’s daily life. He pays more attention on how to save energy as possible as he can in his daily life. Turn off lights quickly when we are out, ride the bicycle to the school, take the public transportation as possible as he can, use a little water enough to wash his face, educates others to do the same.

Tolerate and respect others

The world consists of the rich and the poor. Of course, they have their own opinions and different demand on others, nature and society. We should respect and tolerate each other. We can learn a lot in their smart lives. Try to make more tranquil inside our hearts and soul, we could become more peaceful in our lives. That’s what I learnt in my traveling around the world.

Meaningful Life

We try to understand different cities mean different life styles after we travel more and more cities around the world. We are too small to change the city as an individual. On the contrary, our lives really depend on the city where we are living. Someone said the world is so big and why do we go out to have a look at this world? If we are very clear which life style we are chasing fits us, we can try to move into the city where our dream lives can come true.