Believing, and doing the tough.

Traveling is an important part of one’s life. Travel educates, surprises, calms, sometimes stresses and then makes you a witness of things that you think are physically and mentally impossible to do. It also makes you well-adapted to situations that you might presume that you are incapable of handling. Many take arduous journeys in the name of religion, faith, belief or just to experience something different from the mundane day-to-day life. Let it be clear that I am not referring to a social media tycoon with millions of followers. I admire them for pleasing an ignorant user with a view of exotic places, putting a smile on their tired faces and giving them a dream to accomplish. I am talking about the poor, the helpless, with no job or prospect who take up a physically and mentally challenging journey, not to get any medal, but with a belief and hope that something good might come of it, and they would be respected for just being a human being not deviating from the good path. Many Economists consider these people as a burden and hopeless sect of the society, who do not have much to do i.e. no job, no money, maybe no real prospects in life, unable to survive in a human jungle where anything goes. But, they could be missing the human and the emotional aspect and a basic right to exist as a good person in this world, as long as they are not harming the society. These adventurers believe and hope that upon successful completion, they can attain a thing that the world constantly tries to suppress and take away: - confidence and respect. Once a human being is born, they should have the right to exist in a manner that can be considered decent in human terms, or stop considering themselves as being any different from the society of animals.

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Traveling to many developing nations, with large populations and having a global presence as-well, can make one ponder and realize the importance of one’s existence and not take granted things that are mostly neglected by many - one’s health, emotional and physical toughness, the environment, and right to exist as an individual. For many well-to-do insiders and outsiders, traveling to any populated area has the following challenges:-
1. Space
2. Sanitation
3. Health immunity
4. Mindset
5. Food.
The first two can be solved by spending money generously. Immunity has to be developed by the individual by being physically and mentally strong. ‘Food’ and having a proper ‘Mindset’ can be achieved by adjusting to situations that one has never faced, having a problem-solving or accepting outlook, rather than constantly complain about unpleasant situations. An open mind that things may not go according to plan due to uncontrollable external situations can make one's journey half a success. Does this mean that travel is a welcoming hobby for the rich and an unnecessary and hopeless expense for the poor?

On the contrary, travel makes you wiser, more accepting, and enriches your mind no matter rich or poor. It gives you the willingness to believe and hope for things, surprise themselves that their body/mind can do things that they never thought was possible and give an emotional boost and a mindset. The problems of day-to-day mundane are not worth really beating their head in the bigger scheme of things. During the journey, one can observe different kinds of people, some more physically capable, and many not so capable but using their own means and simple tools to reach their destinations. Some have the physical and mental stamina to climb some great holy hill aspiring, hoping and believing with their own perceptions of things and life. I truly hope that in the cacophony of all noises, their wishes however small, mundane or hard be fulfilled using a means that they can achieve by tasking.

In East and South East Asia, many temples find their abode in the hilly areas. It always made me wonder why? Did the Gods and Goddesses, or the people who constructed them, want an escape from the day-to-day mundane and discard the regular conventions of life to find peace, knowledge, tranquillity and learn through their experience? Do the temples themselves challenge a human-being to be mentally and physically tough to take up the journey and find a sense of meaning and accomplishment in life. Is this not worthy enough for consideration? Many places ease this journey by using different means of advanced facilities, means of transport and shelter the individual to a cozy comfortable journey through various financial means. I am not a well-qualified individual to discourage or encourage these means and leave it to the economists, environmentalists, and businessman to ponder. But, any well abled young or not so old person must be encouraged to take up a journey and explore their own physical/mental limitations and strengths, have an outlook to observe other’s goodness and accept differences, appreciate their physical strength and capabilities, and feel good about their own strengths by taking a journey that they thought would be impossible to complete.