230/499 … warming to Warmth (10/09/08)
… entering Castrojeriz … “A bit of light, a bit of warmth … and a full heart to continue the Journey.” ~ Anne (a fellow Camino pilgrim)
… entering Castrojeriz … “A bit of light, a bit of warmth … and a full heart to continue the Journey.” ~ Anne (a fellow Camino pilgrim)
… my hostel in Castrojeriz … “Examine the wear of yesterday’s footsteps.” ~ Rochelle (a fellow Camino pilgrim)
“When you feel like a connected part of the world, it’s possible to know your own value.” ~ Robin (a fellow Camino pilgrim)
“The questions that I came with, I have found no answers for. And yet on the Way, I am finding answers to many questions I never knew I had.” ~ Mayela Redando (Camino pilgrim)
… another one of the Meseta’s regular-yet-infrequent oases of green. “Tread the world softly, humble & kind … Above all be grateful for the time you have been given on this beautiful Earth.” ~ Chris Leach (Camino pilgrim)
“So what is fear, even when we are afraid of fear itself? And where goes that fear, when we choose to show it kindness?” ~ Scaughdt
“It’s not about getting what you Love, but about choosing to Love what you’ve got.” ~ an anonymous Camino pilgrim
“Gibran is partly right when he said, ‘You cannot truly know Love unless Love shatters you.’ Of course, the Camino reminds all its pilgrims that it is we, not Love, that do the shattering … and that it is Love and Love alone that makes us whole again.” ~ Scaughdt
“Where are you headed?” ~ an exhausted Scaughdt to a fellow pilgrim (looking for some hint as to where I might best stop for the night) “I don’t know … Santiago, I guess. Do you want to come along?” ~ the fellow pilgrim’s wise reply
“What is the least we need to achieve the most? … the Courage to Love those most we love the least.” ~ from my Camino journal
The altar of the church in the previous picture. (It was locked so Mom shot this picture through the keyhole!) “Love is an inexhaustible source of energy.” ~ Camino graffiti