Nadine was a nice enough lady, to be sure – friendly and humble and gentle of tone & word. And yet niceness is not what stands out against today’s thick backdrop of the superficial and the callous. No, it is Kindness that shines most brightly in the darkness – the Kindness that had Nadine offer […]
And just as Nadine dropped me off at the foot of the Camino’s trail, it began to steadily rain. The raincoat she had just bought me provided a thin veil of solace therefrom, and yet what buoyed me far more as I trudged onward through the falling shower was the Love that the town of […]
These oddly lovely stone huts (used by local shepherds, ostensibly) were sprinkled throughout the fields I saw along The Way this morning … :O “Such places exist amongst the endless abodes of every sacred space – urban or rural; places that serve as sanctuaries from the present, fully immune to the hustle and bustle of […]
And as I proceeded along The Way that day, I came to a long, straight stretch of path bordered on the left by thick woodlands and on the right by 100’s & 100’s of yards of beautifully crafted rock wall ( :O ) … And regularly interspersed along that wall’s immense length were placed benches […]
Again, I realize that obstacles such as these may not seem much to many of you. And yet again I say that my hips on this day were still begging to differ … 🙂 … Fortunately I was walking this pilgrimage not for my own pleasure or comfort but for the betterment of humankind (meaning […]
“Peace is life, and Love is life. No river holds a grudge against the stone in its path. No leaf refuses to blow in the breeze. No patch of moss denies water or sunshine. Yes, it is true that we human beings have the gift of self-awareness, and yet this gift quickly turns to self-destruction […]
“In walking deep into Nature; far from the clutches of tradition or efficiency or metropolitan success – just as in Loving another deeply; out of reach of the graspings of vow or hope or expectations of fair recompense, we reawaken the greatest human condition; finally re-embodying once more humankind’s innate sense of Oneness – and […]
And then it was that I rose up and over the next horizon’s crest and saw the city of Cajarc below me; a city that proved not to be a place of pause for my Walk, and yet a city that did offer a number of wonderful interactions with equally wonderful Souls … 🙂 “Where […]
This wonderful cave-set camping spot had been established just off the path that led down into town, and adorned not only with the standard pilgrim accouterments of ledge-beds and fire-pits, but also sculptures of announced presence and honored intention from pilgrim-residents past … 🙂 “Home has been idealized by many as a refuge from the […]
The town of Cajarc proper was not the most welcoming place when I arrived on this day – possibly because the town seemed to be mostly deserted; with very few residents out and about and very few pilgrims visible at all (and this, despite a plethora of pilgrim hostels quite obviously on hand). And it […]
“To swim far, become one with the sea. To walk well, become one with the road. Integrate with the entirety of your surroundings. See it all not as a collection of separate entities, but rather as an interconnected Whole – a fluid continuation of your own True Self.” ~ via Mehmet Ildan
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