A little further along, I climbed up a huge hay-bale stack by the side of the Path (much like the one in this picture). Once on top, I simply sat down and calmly watched as dozens of pilgrims calmly passed me by — each of them flowing smoothly towards their Destiny. It was truly beautiful […]
… into Los Arcos to rest for the night … “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” ~ George Elliot
Back on our way, flowing from village to village through miles and miles of “sleeping dirt” — fields that were dry & dusty; already longing for the next drop of rain. “You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with […]
This church was built to closely resemble the architecture of Eunate, and yet it was missing much’ of the vibrant energy that was coursing through that sacred space. It gave me pause to wonder; what does make a place “alive with the spirit”? For certain, it is not mere “natural beauty” & it is not […]
“It is our humble acquiescence to all that IS that allows us to experience an intimate Awareness of the momentary All that seems to be.” ~ anonymous
“When solitude was a problem, I had no solitude. When it ceased to be a problem, I found I already possessed.” ~ Thomas Merton
… into vibrant (yet for me very “cold”) Vianna … “True solitude has to be a communion in something greater than the world — as great as Being itself … It is clothed in the friendly communion of silence, and yet this silence is related to Love.” ~ Thomas Merton
… our hostel in Vianna. I’m pretty sure this is the first of many places where I woke up in the middle of the night amidst the external cacophony of dozens of snorers and the internal chaos of loose and frenetic energy (that all pilgrims tend to shed while processing the previous day’s awakenings) … […]
The harvest begins … I had a feeling that my own internal “harvest” was beginning as well. “We are not meant to erase our fears or conquer our desires … Rather, we are to live as One with others by transcending the same with acts of courageous Kindness.” ~ from my Camino journal
“A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live and he begins living.” ~ Thomas Merton
Recalling memories of a 6th grade math project … making forms like this one is how I first learned geometry. “When I am no longer involved in the measurement of life, but rather in the living of it, I rediscover a form of prayer in which there is no distraction. In those moments, my life […]
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