034/499 … Light in deepest shadow (09/22/08)
“In our deepest hopelessness rests the essence of our Life’s Work … When deepest in shadow, the Light of Epiphany shines its brightest.” ~ from my Camino journal
035/499 … returning Home (09/22/08)
No matter where I am in the world, I’m always somehow “Home” when I see moss. “He who has chosen to ride a tiger, can no longer choose to dismount.” ~ Chinese Proverb
036/499 … the Bigger Picture (09/22/08)
… a pilgrim’s cairn, made over time as pilgrim after pilgrim placed single stone after single stone one upon the other. Truly, this is the “bigger picture” … “What is the use in praying if, at the very moment of prayer, we have so little confidence in God that we are busy planning our own […]
037/499 … letting go of Power (09/22/08)
… a pilgrim’s offering upon the cairn seen in the last picture. How fitting that “power” was discarded here. “We cannot see things in perspective until we cease to hug them to our own bosom. When we let go of them we begin to appreciate them as they really are. Only then can we begin […]
038/499 … finding Strength (09/22/08)
“The Wilderness (the barren, depressed &/or painful times in life) is what gives us the continual opportunity to Love Life anyway.” ~ from my Camino journal
039/499 … the Inner Voice (09/22/08)
… lunch break at the top of the world … To get out of the chilly wind, Mom & I stopped here and ate a short repast amidst the boulders seen in the background. “Your mind knows only some things. Your inner voice, your instinct, knows everything. If you listen to what you know instinctively, […]
040/499 … walking with Great Spirit (09/22/08)
… the view from those very boulders … “It is an understanding with the Great Spirit or Creator that we will follow these ways” ~ Dennis Banks
041/499 … to walk with Honor (09/22/08)
Sheep! “If you would have your son to walk honorably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them …” ~ Anne Bronte
042/499 … leading Me Home (09/22/08)
“If our emotions die in the Wilderness, our humanity dies with them.” ~ Thomas Merton
043/499 … the 1st & only Summit (09/22/08)
… headed towards the top. (Mom is the first pilgrim from the left) *Notice the reverence being offered by the pilgrim wearing light blue. Such displays were commonplace — both witnessed in others and engaged in myself. During any pilgrimage (at home or abroad), when the sludge of everyday worries & desires has been completely […]
044/499 … to have a Soul (09/22/08)
… the hermitage is closed, which a nice message for us all, really: It is time to go forth and actively CARE for others! “I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a spirit […]
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