Comments on: How the Travel State of Mind Creates Opportunities

By: Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:04:12 +0000

Hey Tom,
Missing our Floridian adventures together! That was a fun trip.
And hey – crankiness is totally allowed!…there’s always a lesson contained in each flavour of cranky. Even the most enlightened people I know have their moments. 😉

By: Tom Bentley

Tom Bentley — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:12:26 +0000

Nora, Penny pointed out your piece to me (and you and I met on a press trip to the Florida Keys a ways back). I love the concept (and the reality) of a “travel state of mind.” As you suggest, so many possibilities, and even worlds, open up by saying yes.

I can still get cranky when I’m traveling, but it’s a better flavor of cranky, and seeing new people and places usually drains the cranky away.

Good travels to you, Tom

By: Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:56:39 +0000

In reply to Erica.

Hi Erica,
I agree – learning to be tolerant to other ways of being and thinking is a great benefit of travel.
And thanks for the compliment on my hair! That’s an old picture (and an old style), but I’ve more than once been pinned as a “30’s girl”. 🙂

By: Erica

Erica — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 12:48:57 +0000

the most important things, as for me – traveling makes people be more tolerant to another people, traveling shows us a lot of different ways to live and a lot of things to do, traveling makes us be more and more altruistic. Your topic is so close to me. I like your hairdress. You remind me the young pretty lady from the thirties who breaks stereotypes. 🙂

By: penny sadler

penny sadler — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:43:59 +0000

I agree with your friend. It’s life. I do think travel is a great way to experience this and then you can build on that and start to see it everywhere you are.

By: Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:36:05 +0000

In reply to Penny Sadler. Thank you so much, Penny! I'm glad this resonated with you and the timing was right. I have another friend who read the article (offline) and said it was not just about travel, but a reflection of life itself.

By: Penny Sadler

Penny Sadler — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 17:30:42 +0000

Hi Nora,
I love this article. It is something I have been thinking about a lot lately. My most fun and memorable experiences and encounters happen not matter where I am as long as I am open to the possibility. I too used to think like your Canadian friend. I live in Dallas, not a particularly beautiful place, though there are beautiful areas to be sure. I used to complain all the time that I just can’t have the same experiences I have when I’m traveling. But over the past couple of years I’ve realized it’s all about me and my state of mind, not where I am. Now when I’m feeling stuck and dull, I call up those moments when something wonderful happened unexpectedly and I remind myself, stay there in that energy. Something wonderful will happen. Thanks for this reminder at just the right time,,,, a new year ahead. Full of opportunities for magical moments.

By: Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:08:43 +0000

In reply to Fenris. Hi Fenris, I'm glad you agree! It's an amazing state of mind to meet new and engaging people, wherever you are.

By: Fenris

Fenris — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:23:22 +0000

Absolutely.Traveling change my mind a lot when I go out and meet new people.