Travel, I have long found out, makes one appreciate life more, sometimes to the point of being religious. You see all these beautiful things around you and you have to wonder whether all these wonders are there by accident; whether these are indeed created by some random cosmic incident, as the big bang theorists would have us believe.
I’ve seen rivers feeding seas, and seas flowing to rivers, and waterfalls, and painfully beautiful beaches, that even the most hardened skeptic in me can’t help but think that maybe, just maybe, all of these things were made by a loving hand. It’s true that some of the most beautiful things are born out of struggle, or violence if you will; but these things, this kind of beauty, surely, surely, these have got to be molded by something gentler, something more forgiving.
I’ve never been a deeply religious person, at least not for a long time now, but every time I travel and see all these wonderful places, it gives me pause. It seems to me that the real religious experiences I’ve had are not those that I experienced within the confines of a church’s four walls. The same four walls that reverberate from a priest’s sermon promising hellfire and damnation to men of sin like myself.
I see the onslaught of water falling from great heights, the pure colors of the sea, the stillness of a river, and I involuntarily fall down on my knees, sensing the presence of a master creator.
About the Author: Bonnie Sanchez is an avid traveler and a certified blogging maniac. He blogs about his travels to different Philippine destinations at Philippines Travel Blog. Somewhere in between he manages a number of blogs, conducts informal SEO lessons to online buddies and teaches the fine art of tongue-in-cheek humor in a fun group blog called Influenza Bloggers. Follow him in Twitter where he’s known as @thirdworldgeek
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