I once again thought that my journey forwards had ended for the day; once more I thought that I was going to have to turn around and retrace many hours of steps previous in order to find an open way. And yet before I did so I decided to look at the situation more closely, […]
I rolled into the small Swiss city of Rolle fully amazed over how the energy of The Way* continues to carry me so far each day on legs so injured and gimpy. I was pretty worn out by this time nonetheless, and headed straight for the local Catholic church … After resti8ng inside the same […]
After sitting awhile in joyful peace on the church’s parsonage stoop, fully immersed in a fountain of Gratitude rising up from within, I decided to head back into the sanctuary itself — to sit there awhile and decide whether to walk onward to town “next” or look elsewhere for a place to rest my head […]
I was up pretty early after a fantastic night’s sleep and headed back into the church sanctuary to offer a few silent-yet-heartfelt farewells to the space and its still-sleeping wardens before heading onward. After doing so, I notice a large trove of empty vases stored behind the altar on my way out — a collection […]
“I don’t think people can ever truly know who they truly are. So we all have to be humble enough to simply live with the ultimate mysterious question: Who am I? We will ever be mysteries unto ourselves, and as such our calling is not to one day come to ‘know ourselves,’ but rather to […]
How wonderful it is that past challenges overcome (e.g. clambering over HUGE fallen tree trunks) and past lessons learned (e.g. looking for & finding waymarkers both very small and very well hidden) all serve to help us more fluidly remain calm when fresh lessons and new challenges cross our current pathway … 😉 “Life itself […]
During my Walk, there were three primary messages I chose to share with folks whenever asked to do so; by far the three most important messages available to humanity in this day & age. And those messages were the following: 01) the need for people (especially those people living in the United States) to disengage […]
I walked into the small town of Bursinel, soon saw a sign overhanging the entrance to “Clef d’Or” (translation: “the Golden Key”) — a “Communal Albergue” (or “Community Hostel”, a title which normally indicated a place that was pilgrim-friendly), and entered the same; hoping for a glass of ice water to dampen the heat and […]
“Allow me to repeat some advice I have given before, that being: Most people really should make a radical change in their lifestyle and begin to boldly do the things they have until now been too hesitant or too afraid to attempt … So many live quite unhappy circumstances and yet simultaneously refuse to take […]
“Every day the Divine invites us on the same kind of adventure. It’s not a trip with any specific destination or rigid itinerary. Rather it is a journey that is malleable and ever-fluid. For we are not asked to go anywhere or walk in any particular way. We are simply summoned to fully BE wherever […]
I walked all the way through the town of Gland into the industrial outskirts on the far side of the same and was feeling pretty worn down, very hungry, and extremely thirsty. The buildings here were all office-park-esque, and I was less than hopeful that sustenance of any kind (liquid or edible) would be found […]
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