The Real Voyage of Discovery

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes"
- Marcel Proust

Shall we search for a new and better landscape.....?

Shall we take a different look at the present landscape.....?

What is the real voyage of discovery?

We can certainly make many new and wonderful discoveries by seeking new landscapes. It depends though upon what kind of discoveries we seek, and whether we may just need a new pair of eyes.

I have many times thought I was totally fed up with looking at the same old place, day in and day out.......and perhaps I needed a change. Maybe I needed a change but just maybe, had I looked at the situation with different eyes (or through someone elce's eyes, maybe a small child) I would have made some interesting discoveries. Albert Einstein said "There are always two ways to live; one is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as if everything is". If we look at our landscape as it is but choose to look differently, or even close our eyes and choose to feel it, we may discover wondrous things. We all know that some of life's most precious things cannot be touched or even seen; but are felt. If someone we love is in the room with us, they need not touch us; we need not see them; we can feel their presence and their love.

I believe though there are landscapes from which we need to depart; to remain for the voyage of discovery could actually prove detrimental; even dangerous for us. In this case we have to seek new lands or be destroyed while we stay.

My conclusion then must be, that the real voyage of discovery depends on the circumstance.