Much of today’s Walk was along a mountain ridge that frequently offered smooth trails and often gave grand views … 🙂 “If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. In truth, our most ultimate destination is never a mere place in which to arrive but is rather […]
When arriving at a fork in The Road, no matter which path I chose, I remembered to choose it for the greatest Good. And whenever ‘kissed’ by obstacles or trials — whether searing heat of pouring rain; jagged boulders or low-hung branches — I remembered for whom I walked, and ever chose to walk onward […]
One of the pastimes of pilgrims is the making of small (and sometimes not-so-small) cairns alongside The Way. These monuments were markers of one’s passing and testimonies to one’s pilgrimage, yes, and yet far more importantly they were reminders of a Truth far more potent — namely, the one that states that in order for […]
“Perhaps all his faults and follies, all the unhappiness he had suffered and all the failures he had endured, were not entirely vain if he could but follow the path that he now not-so-dimly discerned before him; not the path that New Age charlatans or pulpit-draped frauds would have him take – paths that led […]
I traipse down into the quaint village of Gresin, where I choose to pause awhile; first in the local church and then its neighboring schoolhouse — with the former of which offering me a few dozen priceless moments of cool solace, and the latter of which (via schoolteacher Michel) gifting me a few dozen blank […]
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs ever through it – the same river that was cut by the world’s Great Flood and the one that runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those same stones rest timeless raindrops, and under them reside the most ancient of words […]
I head into the outskirts of the hamlet of Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers and immediately come across Cotenvert, a delightful (relatively high-end) B&B that I had heard about from Jennifer & Juergen earlier that day … I frankly didn’t expect the owner to allow me to stay the night, and yet I stopped in anyway to ask for […]
There are very few better ways to start one’s day than with a hearty breakfast of compassion-sourced food* nestled in the glowing warmth of sincere fellowship … 😀 “We all are so deeply interconnected that – when we allow ourselves to truly See the same – we have no option left but to Love all; […]
I am the last to depart this morning, and share an extended and heartfelt farewell with Annie and her dog Paddy before heading back out onto The Way — overflowing with Gratitude; warmed thereby from within despite the morning’s misty rains cooling me from without … 🙂 “It is only when we boldly renounce everything […]
“I have always had a profound love for pilgrimages, and can well imagine that if I had lived in the Middle Ages would have spent most of my days walking their many ways. Pilgrims tend to leave their more petty cares at home, so that they might rediscover what it means to truly Care. Pilgrims […]
I found it fascinating to see so may sculptures and stained glass images of Jesus Christ that had him holding up various Indian mudras (most often with his right hand; the hand of offering &/or teaching &/or blessing in the Jewish culture of his day) while walking along The Way. Here, in the stained glass […]
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