Some moments of The Walk were so completely ladled with soulful gratitude and overwhelming amazement that I could do nothing more than pause teary-eyed to gaze lovingly upon it all with unbridled joy & unhindered wonderment … 😀 “The pilgrim most loudly shouts his praise to the Universe’s ineffable perfection by spontaneously flowing alongside it […]
I arrive in the town of Le Pin and pause awhile there to rest my weary feet and recalibrate my still-grateful Soul … 🙂 “O you Son of Man, let your eyes be turned towards mercy! Forsake the things that profit yourself and embrace only those which will profit all living-kind!” ~ via Baha’ullah
I flowed onward and out of Le Pin, and yet only made it to the very outskirts of the village before I saw Diane tending her home’s Path-side garden. I said Hello, told her that I was on a Peace Pilgrimage, and asked her for a glass of water. She immediately went and told her […]
There are moments in any pilgrimage — indeed, in each and every phase of life itself — that the skies overhead become darkened and The Road underfoot feels foreboding. And yet it is times such as these that our Love proves most potent when given anyway, and it is therefore times just such as these […]
“Everywhere is walking distance if you but invest the time, and every destination becomes attainable once you realize you are already there.” ~ inspired by Stephen Wright
“The Grace of the Camino — just like the Grace of Life itself — always meets us at those places where we need growth the most. Every single difficulty, every single trial, and every single challenge follows this same route; slipping quietly yet insistently under the pilgrim’s rock-hard, outer veneer and then steadily yet inevitably […]
It took a bit more doing, and yet I did eventually make it into the city of Le Grand Lemps. This was a larger town by Camino standards, and I was at first more than a bit skeptical about finding anyone willing to take me in, and yet my doubts — as doubts are so […]
All in all, it was only about 20 minutes from the moment I rang the parish doorbell to the instant I first stepped into Line & Paul’s lovely home and under their hot shower … 🙂 “It is far better to act on what you feel than to react to what you see or hear. […]
Despite the fact that Line never did get fully “on board” with the Peace-full part of my pilgrimage*, I will always be grateful to her — not only for taking me in so seamlessly after yesterday’s tiring day of walking, but also for introducing me to one of my very favorite French customs: breakfast coffee […]
“The road goes ever on and on,down from the door where it began Now far ahead the Road has gone,And I must follow, if I can Pursuing it even with weary feetUntil rejoining the larger Way Where our paths and even errands meetAnd wither then? I cannot say Yes, the Road goes ever on and […]
I flowed out of Le Grand Lemps to the very outskirts of town, where my attention was suddenly drawn towards a “Route 66” sign attached to a nearby home’s mailbox. Intrigue alone was enough to inspire me to saunter up the driveway and ask for some water for the road, whereupon Edith & Roland (the […]
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