prison

March 2, 2016Uncategorizedblogger, Blogging, destinations, forts, freedom, instapassport, instatravel, prison, Travel, traveladdict, travelblogger, travelinsights, traveller, traveltheworld, walls, wanderlust

What is to be ‘free’? It’s a question that’s been on my mind. For freedom is not about fences. Or walls.

The best of impregnable forts and prisons have never been able to contain an idea whose time has arrived.
If freedom is not about boundaries, walls or chains then what is it really?

Nelson Mandela, a man who spent 26 years in prison said so eloquently : “

”… to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others"

The walls that are there in our minds are far stronger than we can imagine. They start out as silly fences and before you know it, become deep walls.

I know a few in my mind that I can do without. What walls in your mind need a knocking down?

February 4, 2016Uncategorizedbaggage, bags, eyes, fort, freedom, Goa, India, jail, journeys, neweyes, prison, Travel, travelblogger, travelblogging, traveller

We are prisoners of our minds. Of our biases. The unconscious ones especially. The trouble with those is that we think we are truly free. We don’t recognise our prison term.
Freedom comes long after recognition of the world in the prison and the truth that lies beyond.

That recognition comes from open conversation with diverse people.

It comes from cultivating friendships across the spectrum.

And of course, it comes from travel.
Do pack your bags and go somewhere. You’ll shed some baggage you didn’t remember packing.
#freedom #travel #eyes #journeys #traveller #travelblogging #travelblogger #India #Goa #fort #prison #jail #neweyes #baggage #bags # (at Aguda Fort, GOA)