208/499 … a ripened reBirth (10/07/08)
“I am an already ripened sunflower, still bowing towards the sun.” ~ Suzanna Alexander
209/499 … a very happy Goodness (10/07/08)
All the stones at the base of the cross have been placed there by pilgrims over the years. Monuments like this are very dear to me — reminding me that humanity has been searching for “the goodness within” for many centuries; a search that has already led many to rediscover that goodness rests in a […]
210/499 … on going farther (10/07/08)
Just a little further on, I “found” this incredible stone spiral near the path. A mystery of mysteries — surely one person didn’t do this alone. I have built labyrinths half this size that took many hours to lay out in this fashion. Was it a group of pilgrims that created it, or maybe a […]
211/499 … the middle of Here (10/07/08)
… the center of the same spiral … “May the path of your life always match the path of your Heart.” ~ Camino graffiti
212/499 … signs of the Silence (10/07/08)
“For the pilgrim, the magic of the Path is in the signs and in the silence.” ~ Camino graffiti
213/499 … on judging Love (10/07/08)
“If you judge others, you have no time to Love them.” ~ Camino graffiti [Mother Teresa]
214/499 … a loan on Leniency (10/07/08)
… the beautiful Burgos Cathedral. “Because it is difficult to be fair, it is prudent to be lenient.” ~ Camino graffiti
215/499 … with all the World (10/07/08)
I found this photo online of Tardajos, the city where I stopped this evening. The major difference: I walked the majority of the afternoon through a driving rainstorm and stumbled into this somewhat forbidding town at dusk. Due to my late arrival, I was the last to enter the donativo hostel there, and all the […]
216/499 … the World as One (10/08/08)
The storks here keep reminding me of that famous myth of the stork that brings babies to families; a myth that is as prevalent in Europe as it is in the States. This got me to thinking not only about the metaphors involved (namely, that our own rebirth doesn’t come from “somewhere else” either, but […]
217/499 … Listening to listening (10/08/08)
“Babbling without listening is like sex without adoration, is like thinking without being present, is like praying without humility, is like ‘intimacy’ without sacrificing the ego, is like pleasure without Peace — … all meaningless wastes of our lives priceless moments, and the ability we have been given to enLiven them.” ~ from my Camino […]
218/499 … Meaning for the making (10/08/08)
“Regardless of where we are, what we are doing &/or with whom, Meaning is always ours for the making.” ~ from my Camino journal
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