Personal Journeys

PERSONAL JOURNEYS Name: Course: Professor name: (December, 2012) Personal journeys A personal journey can refer to self discovery. It can be called ‘seeing the other parts of the world in angles we can understand it better’. Every happening we encounter in this world is a piece within the long ‘journey’. These happenings and opportunities give us a better opportunity to understand the world better and a better sense of the common face of humanity. Journeys are critical in very one’s life; they make us move away from our so called daily routines which are so demanding. They lead us to open our hearts for a new revival in learning (Bayh & Lynn, 1979). A journey is education on its own and through it we learn different cultures that make us. In this sense journeys regenerates our minds in feeding our curiosity. Every culture in this world no matter how small or unknown it is represents a vast body of experiences. It includes; music, art, how we wear, religion, medicine and even customs. These elements of culture have been learned through the many years since the existence of man. It is out of travel that one can understand the different things in this world and learn from them hence growth. This growth helps individuals in addressing many issues that humanity do face today. The following some of the issues of humanity addressed by personal journeys (Tracey, 2006). When our personal beliefs are challenges as a result of encountering of different culture or different way of doing things, we respond by resisting. When the resistance goes beyond it might result to personal insult hence disagreement? Due to personal journeys one is able to encounter different issues and learn people are different and in order to co-exist peacefully we need to respect each other’s way of doings things. Out of this knowledge disagreement and conflict will ...