067/499 … re-Joy-sing in Life (09/23/08)
“A truly joyful pilgrim is one who rejoices in others’ Joy.” ~ from my Camino journal
068/499 … sharing the Beauty (09/23/08)
The singing Norwegians … We met up with these ladies many times during the first few weeks of our Camino. Every morning they had a ritual where they would gather on the Path at sunrise and welcome the sun to the day … beautiful stuff! “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we […]
069/499 … what Life is all about (09/23/08)
Here is Minsu again — who, a bit like me, was accompanying her mother along the Camino. “Life is about giving, and the rest is taken care of.” ~ Peter Cajander
070/499 … how Good feels (09/23/08)
“There is no hope for the person who struggles to obtain a virtue in the abstract. Everybody has an instinctive desire to good things and avoid evil ones. But that desire is sterile as long as we have no direct experience of how it feels to be Good.” ~ Thomas Merton
071/499 … the Deed never wasted (09/23/08)
“Prudence can indeed guide us from futile effort, and yet no courageously caring deed is ever wasted.” ~ from my Camino journal
072/499 … finding the suitable Path (09/23/08)
… the town of Zubiri … “Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment” ~ Morihei Ueshiba
073/499 … the frigidity of mere warmth (09/23/08)
… crossing the bridge into town … “In the spiritual life there is no such thing as an indifference to love and hate … Tepidity is hate disguised as Love.” ~ Thomas Merton
074/499 … constant Companions (09/23/08)
… our room in Albergue Zaldiko in Zubiri. This view represents a more typical feel for my average Camino accommodations. “If you share your light with the world, truth and goodness will be your constant companions.” ~ Michael Teal
075/499 … ever Thanks-full (09/23/08)
… our very first shopping experience, in a typical small-town grocery. “Gratitude takes nothing for granted; is ever responsive; is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God.” ~ Thomas Merton
076/499 … great Company in the silence (09/24/08)
… back into the Peace of The Way … “As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
077/499 … following life’s Leaders (09/24/08)
Our first sign of the “Tissue Bandit” … I at first was critical of whoever was littering the Path with these sneeze-catchers, until I realized after a time that they were always perfectly clean and always left in places where one might otherwise stray from the Path. Mom was even saved once from getting lost […]
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