Your thought provoking poem made me smile. Like your book the Perfect Pause, we need to occasionally quiet our minds to find inner peace but at the same time, in order to grow and learn new perspectives, we must take flight to experience other places, cultures and people. This experience will broaden one's understanding of others thereby bringing greater understanding and awareness of the world we live in. It will also bring the traveler so many memories of an abundant world filled with real life experiences, new sights, exciting interactions and never forgotten moments of awe.

As you said, when time eventually slows down for this person, one will have a wealth of memories to sustain one's life with bliss and contentment. What a journey it will be. This person will return as a more enlightened being, who is more grounded and content. He/she will be wiser and like a sage, will be able to teach others the meaning and value of life.

Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone traveled in order to experience other people and learn different cultures, spreading more understanding throughout the world? I will be hopeful for a better tomorrow! Thank-you for your poem! Have a great weekend! ....Cabbagepatch