In the essence of the human mind and body, happiness is at the core of our existence. We thrive on pure joy and rushes of adrenaline and double rainbows and wild horses roaming free. In a constant search for what could supply these sources of happiness, we are left in a state of longing. Traveling can fulfill this sense of longing and although there are some dangers in doing so, the benefits psychologically, socially, and academically far outweigh the costs and difficulties.
As a matter of fact, travel has impacted the human race for hundreds of years. In the ancient times, Greeks would journey to faraway places and explore new lands with different cultures so that they could bring back their ways of government and laws to implement them into their own society (D3). Over the course of history, travel has …show more content…
Travel to North America has shaped the United States into what it is today. If that had never occurred then the world would be a completely different place. There are two different journeys when one travels, the outer journey of seeing incredible sights and doing incredible things and the inner journey of how the new experiences shape someone and the way it changes one's perspective (D2). One are transformed each time they go someplace new. Each new journey comes with many upon many new experiences. This is why humans long to travel, in hopes to lose oneself, find oneself, open one’s eyes and hearts, and “become young fools again” (F1). To be able to get away and find a new perspective on things is something everyone looks for that can even help us mentally.
In the same sense, when one is exposed to a new place it instantly transforms their perspective. Being in a foreign place allows “the areas of the brain that adults have so long dampened down again become saturated with neurochemicals, and processing takes place similar to processing that occurs in a baby’s brain” (B1). The benefit to this is that babies process everything