on habit

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to. If only we could apply a travelling mindset to our own locales, we might find these places becoming no less interesting than the high mountain passes and butterfly-filled jungles of South America...Xavier de Maistre was gently nudging us to try, before taking off for distant hemispheres, to notice what we have already seen.'
- alain de botton