Final Thoughts on Traveling: People are People and Always be Grateful

Upon successful completion of her experience teaching English in a homestay in Thailand, Dawn McGowen expresses two important lessons she’s learned from her travels in her last blog post. She believes people are people everywhere – regardless of perceived differences – and a little dose of perspective is necessary when it comes to being grateful.

If you ever get the opportunity to experience and learn about a culture different from your own, keep an open mind and remember that we aren’t all that different from one another…

There are a lot of things I think a person can learn through travel. I still consider myself an amateur traveler, even though I’ve been fortunate enough to visit and live in two foreign countries now. I could go on forever talking about the many lessons that are learned, but there are just two things I want to share that stand out to me the most.

Temple ruins in Thailand.

Traveling has allowed me the opportunity to view the world from a unique perspective. And while I cannot say that I have loved every single moment, I can say that every second has been educational, which is the most important thing…

Read more of Dawn’s reflections and valuable lessons she shared right before she hopped on a plane back to Texas from Thailand.