To start, we often hear that, in a journey, it is better leave than arrive, that leaving is more important than arriving. This affirmation can be strange, for, if we prepare all, it is in order to arrive, no ? Our purpose, it is reach our destination ? Yet, this sentence is not so « stupid », and we are going to see why.


Firstly, we can say that often, waiting the realisation of a travel and leaving are more exciting than arriving. Indeed, waiting can be more interesting, for there is the idea of something we want which is getting closer. Personally, it happened to me last year, when I counted the days which separated me from a journey to Spain. Besides, waiting the happiness is better than happiness itself, for this one is shorter. For example, we wait during one year a travel which is going to go on just one week. Finally, waiting (and even departure) is more exciting because we make enquiries about the place, what there is to see, to do, etc…

Then, we can also notice that if departure is generally more important than arriving, it’s often because we are disappointed when we arrive on the scene. Indeed, before leaving we often imagined a place almost heavenly, different from the place where we live, that when we notice that ultimately, it looks alike, we are disappointed.
In the same way, we inclined to « play things down », that is to say; if we learn something about a country, for example, we’ll try to say ourselves that it’s not important, that it mustn’t be as serious, etc…
Lastly, when we arrive on destination we often have unpleasant surprise (I remember Holiday there is 2 or 3 years, when we arrived on the camping, our place was… Already taken. For a lot of people it’s worst (some people
were swindleded and their hotel 4 stars didn’t exist, etc…)
We can finish with histories in which the hero, happy to arrive, is in reality quickly disappointed by the things he finds (for ex, Ulysse in the Odyssey).


To conclude, we can say that yes, leaving is more important than arriving. Not only because the happiness of the arriving is shorter, more ephemeral than waiting, but also because departure makes us idealize the destination, and finally because often, arriving is disappointing.

To start, we often hear that, in a journey, it is better leave than arrive, that leaving is more important than arriving. This affirmation can be strange, for, if we prepare all, it is to arrive, no? Our purpose, it reaches our destination? Yet, this sentence is not so « stupid », and we are going to see why.


Firstly, we can say that often, waiting the realization of a travel and leaving are more exciting than arriving. Indeed, waiting can be more interesting; for there is the idea of something we want which is getting closer. Personally, it happened to me last year, when I counted the days which separated me from a journey to Spain. Besides, waiting the happiness is better than happiness itself, for this one is shorter. For example, we wait during one year a travel which is going to go on just one week. Finally, waiting (and even departure) is more exciting because we make enquiries about the place, what there is to see, to do, etc…

Then, we can also notice that if departure is generally more important than arriving, it’s often because we are disappointed when we arrive on the scene. Indeed, before leaving we often imagined a place almost heavenly, different from the place where we live, that when we notice that ultimately, it looks alike, we are disappointed.
In the same way, we inclined to « play things down », that is to say; if we learn something about a country, for example, we’ll try to say ourselves that it’s not important, that it mustn’t be as serious, etc…
Lastly, when we arrive on destination we often have unpleasant surprise (I remember Holiday there is 2 or 3 years, when we arrived on the camping, our place was… Already taken. For a lot of people it’s worst (some people
were swindled and their hotel 4 stars didn’t exist, etc…)
we can finish with histories in which the hero, happy to arrive, is in reality quickly disappointed by the things he finds (for ex, Ulysses in the Odyssey).


To conclude, we can say that yes, leaving is more important than arriving. Not only because the happiness of the arriving is shorter, more ephemeral than waiting, but also because departure makes us idealize the destination, and finally because often, arriving is disappointing.

Laurie59 a écrit:J'ai relu... Bon, tant pis, faut que je copie maintenant XD
Mais j'ai retrouvé des fautes que j'avais fait comme "there is 2 years" au lieu de "there are 2 years" ou "histories" au lieu de "stories" =/