by Holly Trout

Created on: November 15, 2008   Last Updated: December 29, 2008

When most people have hit a certain age they think that they know everything there is to know, they also think that they've seen it all. But when they seem to figure out that there is nothing left for them to do, they begin to consider traveling. When they've pretty much conquered their hometown, they find themselves wanting to conquer the world.

So as one person ventures off into the world around them, they begin to see things in a different light. The person begins to discover what they've really been missing all along. They begin to see the world for what it really is and they realize that they've been sheltered all their lives'. So now that they've been given the chance to see the wonders of the world.

They find themselves traveling and learning all they can about what the world has to offer. They also find themselves discovering who they are in the process as well. Finding out who they were and who they will soon become along the way. Sometimes that's the best way to finding yourself, to travel around the world and see what you can become. Seeing for yourself if you can make it on your own or not. I think when people finally get up the courage to actually go out and do some traveling, its so that they can find strength within themselves to go on.

Personally I think traveling can truly be the best way to really discover who you can become. Even though I've done so little traveling, the one summer that I had ventured out, I had really discovered who I was about to become for the next few years of my life. But honestly the real moments that you finally discover yourself can happen purely by accident, in the moments that you least exspect it. The moments where you turn around and your life quickly hits you in the face, and you wonder where it's been all your life.

So for anyone who is considering traveling to discover who they really are, let me just say that life is filled with nothing but moments. Moments where anything is possible and finding yourself can happen in such an instant. Life can happen when you least exspect it, so watch out for those little moments in life. Moments that may seem better then traveling itself. Because honestly when you travel it seems the whole world can change, but when you come back home its as though nothing has changed at all. Its as though everything has been waiting for you to pick up right where you had left off, including all your problems.

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