Travel Tales Thoughts on Coming Home (Part 3): These Things Traveling Taught “I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” – Lillian Smith, American writer This is Part 3 of a 5-part piece called Thoughts on Coming Home. After a long journey like mine, it Written by Matthew January 30, 2013August 12, 2013
Travel Tales What Makes a Journey Successful? “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust, French novelist Earlier this week I reviewed a book called Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel. In response to the post, my friend Chris Written by Matthew September 6, 2012June 12, 2013
Book Reviews The Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar "If your life were to end suddenly and unexpectedly tomorrow, would you be able to say you've been doing what you truly care about today?" Written by Matthew August 15, 2012August 16, 2016
Book Reviews Travel Tales Desire + Decision = Magic (The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho) “He still had some doubts about the decision he had made. But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision he is really diving into the strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first Written by Matthew June 5, 2012June 13, 2013
Travel Tales What is GiveLiveExplore? To help me articulate what GiveLiveExplore represents, I pressed myself to answer the questions below. This was mostly a personal exercise to define GiveLiveExplore, but I think it serves as a good tool for communicating the purpose and vision. What is GiveLiveExplore? GiveLiveExplore is a lifesty Written by Matthew May 3, 2012June 12, 2013