"We're All Travelers"

While getting to know the city of Seoul, South Korea, a bit better recently, I was taken by a message on a billboard - "We're All Travelers." It was and is one of those catch-phrases that captures all of us, no matter where we might be in the world, including in our own backyards. The fact is all of us spend our entire lives traveling. In some cases, we literally move from one location to another in search of new sights to see, adventure to seek, or new information to attain. In other instances, we "travel" with our minds in the form of exploring the Internet, reading books or other sources of information. Either way, it is all a journey; forms of travel.   

In essence, our constant traveling represents one more characteristic which we all share. We are all seekers of that which we do not know. This reality places great importance on those that compile, compose and put forth the information - all of it - that we travelers seek. In this case, I am speaking of all information, regardless of the topic. In such a global sense, it reinforces the great value of those that communicate on behalf of others. They are information providers. They provide the tools and/or aids that help us travelers travel.

The good news is that those communicators are not some sort of special elite group like, say, the Navy Seals. Just as all of us are travelers, all of us are also the communicators that make the traveling possible and, at times, fruitful. Within us is information unique to us. For instance, I now have particular memories and perspectives of Seoul that no one else has. Communicating or sharing that with another will help give others insight to consider as they develop their own views on, in this case, Seoul. We travel. We communicate. We share. These represent our enduring links. Collectively, they provide the means that allow us as individuals and as members of society to advance. It only breaks down when we fail to communicate.