{"product_id":"books-the-vagabond-s-way-by-rolf-potts","title":"The Vagabond's Way","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Thought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiring\" (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily lives-from the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of \u003ci\u003eVagabonding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For readers who dream of travel, yearn to get back out on the road, or want to enrich a journey they're currently on, \u003ci\u003eThe Vagabond's Way\u003c\/i\u003e explores and celebrates the life-altering essence of travel all year long. Each day of the year features a meditation on an aspect of the journey, anchored by words of wisdom from a variety of thinkers-from Stoic philosopher Seneca and poet Maya Angelou to Trappist monk Thomas Merton and Grover from \u003ci\u003eSesame Street\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Iconoclastic travel writer and scholar Rolf Potts embraces the ragged-edged, harder-to-quantify aspects of travel that inevitably change travelers' lives for the better in unexpected ways. The book's various sections mirror the phases of a trip, including\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003edreaming and planning the journey-\u003c\/b\u003e \"All life-affecting journeys-and the unexpected wonders they promise-become real the moment you decide they will happen.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eembracing the rhythms of the journey-\u003c\/b\u003e \"The most poignant experiences on the road occur in those quiet moments when we recognize beauty in the ordinary.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003efinding richer travel experiences-\u003c\/b\u003e \"Developing an instinct to venture beyond the obvious on the road allows you to see places as mysteries to be investigated.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eexpanding your comfort zone-\u003c\/b\u003e \"No moment of instant gratification can compare to savoring an experience that has been earned by enduring the adversity that comes with it.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Vagabond's Way\u003c\/i\u003e encourages you to sustain the mindset of a journey, even when you aren't able to travel, and affirms that travel is as much a way of being as it is an act of movement.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673133539601,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780593497470_329d620f-0566-49d7-8770-f202d496013a.jpg?v=1781523350","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-vagabond-s-way-by-rolf-potts","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}