There is a distinct category of articles I write, which I initially thought was a collection of random things. Just random topics and observations, which aren’t quite travel stories, nor are they travel guides.

But after blogging for some years, I realised they weren’t random at all. They just didn’t fit into the blog categories for those who are interested in a destination, because while the topic is often instigated by travelling somewhere, it isn’t really about the place itself.

Usually, the travel experience just provides a segue to a more general or meta topic about our world, about people as human beings, and about areas of knowledge. And I end up learning something about something else – an insight of the world, and the worldview of where I came from.

Today, we live in a time of tremendous change. And we have no choice but to change quickly and well. Those who have mastered the skill of learning will fare well. And the fastest learners use the routes of insight.

You don’t have to travel to learn to see with insight. But it does make it easier. Like truths in myth and legend, it’s easier to teach insight when it’s couched within a story about a faraway land.

Learn in my footsteps here, while you look ahead to your own.