“The ultimate aim of any true Noble Quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but rather the far greater call to serve others — not only after one’s return, but also while walking the way itself.” ~ via Joseph Campbell
“Just like the dragon’s heart, real Love burns ever fiercely, even in the face of pitch darkness and great evil. And so it is that we should never want to live in a world without either Love or dragons. For the latter is a world without mystery –and thus a world without true faith, and […]
What is so hard about comprehending the simple fact that ALL sentient beings fear pain and yearn for happiness; and that they ALL — each & every one; even those as meek and seemingly silent as the fish — clamor against confinement and dream each day of freedom? 🙁 Please have the humility to remember […]
“Distance changes utterly when you traverse the world on foot. A mile becomes a long way, two miles is deeply considerable, ten miles feels absolutely whopping, and fifty miles resides at the very limits of possibility. The world, you soon realize, is enormous in a way that only you and a small community of fellow […]
“Everyone thinks that courage is about facing death without flinching. And yet almost anyone can do that. Almost anyone can bite their lip and refuse to scream for as long as it takes to die. True courage, on the more real hand, is about facing life without flinching. And I don’t mean the times when […]
Today proved to be yet another day of almost perfect walking-weather, and I flowed smoothly through the village of La Frette, walked under a gentle shower of chestnut tree blossoms (being rained down upon me by a most enthusiastic grist of pollen-seeking honeybees), and then ambled into the town of St. Hilaire de la Cote, […]
I walked into the hamlet of Gillonnay shortly thereafter, and paused awhile to revel in the phenomenally resonate acoustics of the local St. Maurice Catholic church … 🙂 “In the world you face much fear and persecution. And yet take courage, for my Way of selfless Love is always available to you, and always conquers […]
“If you’re really listening, if you are awake to the limitless and all-encompassing Beauty of the world, then your heart has no alternative but to break regularly and fully. In fact, your heart is actually made to shatter and then be born anew, with its far most important purpose being to burst open again and […]
The small city of Cote de St. Andre proved to be a bit tricky to navigate — what with all of its hidden stairwells (which oddly-yet-fondly reminded me of adventures long-since past in the Moroccan city of Tangiers) and winding garden thoroughfares and crowded city courtyards — and yet in the end Kindness was found […]
There are some times we have been obviously called to witness to Life’s inimitable-yet-omnipresent wonders, and yet there are many more instants where we have been much more subtly summoned to fully immerse ourselves in the same — by boldly sharing them with others … 😉 “Some people expend a tremendous amount of energy striving […]
I soon came upon a large construction site — so large, in fact, that The Way was fully blocked, and detours were marked* for all pilgrims as well as for those travelers more automotively inclined … 😉 “Striving to find and follow ‘the correct path’ is similar to swimming against a strong current. It exhausts […]
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