The best souvenirs are the stories you never meant to collect.

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Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words. ―Roy T. Bennett

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Feeling a connection to something bigger than myself. This journey is about more than just me.

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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. ―Albert Einstein

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Some journeys don’t change your view, they change your vision.

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The man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

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You never return the same person who left—you always come back with echoes.

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Travel teaches silence louder than any language.

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Fueling up on laughter and good conversation. Good company makes the journey fly by.

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You don’t chase sunsets—you walk beside them.

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