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Should we travel to find our happiness?

Should we travel to find our happiness? We are often forced to leave loved ones to go to find our happiness, we believe that it still exists in the 'Out There'. From my personal experience, I do not think this is always the case. What do you think?

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    Nouamane Hanchi

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    Dec 12 2012: First, thank you for your comments ... For me, this is a personal issue, I am a student and I traveled to the pursuit of my happiness, but on arriving there where I always dreamed this dream was not so pretty as I had imagined ... I keep saying that hope is the best for the end, I hope this is the case for me
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      Colleen Steen 500+

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      Dec 12 2012: Dear Nouamane,
      You describe a common scenario. People sometimes have certain expectations, or imagination about what the end result will look or feel like, and that becomes the focus of the journey. Sometimes, if we have no special expectations about the end result, we may experience something even better than we could have imagined!

      I like to focus on the journey and what I learn with the exploration while being fully present in every moment of the adventure....make any sense? Perhap you have not yet "arrived", and the journey continues? I am 60+ years of age, and will ALWAYS be exploring with curiosity, which creates a LOT of continuous happiness/contentment:>)

      Happiness can be a way of travel, not only a destination:>)

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