"Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.  If something is not to your liking, change your liking." – Rick Steeves 

This bit of wisdom was typed in the preface of our guidebook for Lisbon and I offered up a "yes!" when I read it.  In a world where ranting is cultivated as an art form it is so incredibly wonderful to see this listed as the first bit of advice for the modern traveler.

Determine to be happy.  Determine to be open to all sorts of definitions of a successful journey.  Let go of as many preconceptions and requirements for happiness as possible so you can discover all the others right out there waiting for you.  

We are all travelers, whether we are crossing the ocean or crossing our own threshold.  And this is how we meet each day facing the light.