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Jul 6, 2006
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes." --Marcel Proust
When Travel Is The Best Medicine
For years Michael McColly had no bed, no furniture and lived out of a suitcase. When he contracted H.I.V. in 1995 doctors warned him against traveling. But McColly decided to heed his inner voice instead. "Travel has become my antidote: the farther I go the more aware I become of what has kept me alive -- my desire to be in and of the world ... If I had listened to the fears of people I know or read about, I'm certain I wouldn't be alive today -- maybe breathing, but not alive. There's a difference." Michael’s journey took him to four continents as he visited countries affected by AIDS while writing a moving memoir of the experience. Read this New York Times article in Michael’s own words about how his journey towards health, spirituality and activism began.
BE THE CHANGE
The next time you take a trip, whether it is to another country, a neighboring town, or even just the grocery store -- see if you can look at the whole experience through "new eyes".
