122/499 … one moment at a time (09/26/08)
… leaving Puenta la Reina … “It’s been a long journey. It’s something you have to take one day at a time. I actually like it that way, it’s really taught me how to appreciate what I have.” ~ Angela Daigle
123/499 … to find one’s Self (09/26/08)
Mercedes, a fellow pilgrim from the Basque country — a region that includes parts of France & Spain), and a region that happens to also include the town of St. jean Pied du Port, our Camino’s point of origin. “For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they fail […]
124/499 … God in the Now (09/26/08)
… a pilgrim’s cheerleader. “The eye which opens to God’s presence is in the very center of our humility, in the very heart of our freedom, in the very depths of our spiritual nature.” ~ Thomas Merton
125/499 … dozing in Treasure (09/26/08)
… looking for a snack. One of the many advantages to walking the Camino in the early fall: ripe wine grapes! “All God’s gifts are good, and yet if we rest in them … they lose their goodness.” ~ Thomas Merton
126/499 … on spiritual desire (09/26/08)
England is renowned for its cairns and megaliths, and yet Spain has a few as well. These stones were absolutely massive; seen here from quite a distance. “A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are remade in the image of […]
127/499 … doing the Right (09/26/08)
The Camino’s most joyful garbage collector … 😉 I didn’t collect all of this trash myself today — merely the bag on top. I don’t know why I collected trash while walking The Way. I just started a few days into the Journey and kept doing it for several weeks. I would find a plastic […]
128/499 … flowing onward (09/26/08)
… a steep climb through the streets of a small village (maybe Villatuerta) just before Estella. “Life flows on — within you, and without you.” ~ George Harrison
129/499 … without darkness & light (09/26/08)
… on the outskirts of Estella. How wonderful to be able to drink pure water from a public fountain — even just outside a fairly large city! “Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the Spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and that without light nothing flowers.” ~ May Sarton
130/499 … comprehending Contentment (09/26/08)
… resting a bit. The engraving says, “Good bread, pure water and wine, meat and fish bring complete Contentment.” Personally, I’m not so sure about this one, unless you attach the archetypal meanings to that saying, where “bread” becomes selfless service, “pure water” becomes the connection to one’s Soul, “wine” become unconditional love, and “meat […]
131/499 … on going Far (09/26/08)
… entering Estella … “No journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within” ~ Lillian Smith
132/499 … righting the Wrongness (09/26/08)
“Every analysis of another is either self-reflective or incorrect.” ~ from my Camino journal
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