“The one who walks alone — like the one who Loves without hope or condition — is both wholly present and completely detached; more than a mere audience and yet fully outside the realm of any design or clinging. In truth it is in walking boldly — and Loving purely — that one’s noble humanity […]
After my delightfully enjoyed repast of fresh bread and chocolate, the way became gradual and smooth (or was that the cocoa powder doing the talking?) and I reveled easily in a long & smooth descent into the small city of St. Julien-Molin-Molette. I walked to its Catholic church and paused there — both to rest […]
“At times during any Peace Pilgrimage, you become almost certain that you ascended this same hillside three days ago, crossed this same stream yesterday, clambered over this same fallen tree at least twice that same day already. And yet most of the time you don’t think at all. Instead, you exist in a kind of […]
Just like during any relationship, the amount of suffering we experience while walking is directly proportionate not to the particular difficulties of the path (or partnership), but rather the manner in which we choose to walk the same. Striving in any way to “get there” faster (or even “get there” at all) will always lead […]
This was the bridge I crossed on my way into Bourg Argental — a bridge clearly marked for all the pilgrims who would follow; a bridge that forded waters not-so-troubled, and yet waters that needed to be forded all the same … 🙂 “To embark on the journey towards the Soul’s ultimate dream requires first […]
I then entered the outskirts of Bourg Argental and was blessed to walk into town alongside a beautiful streamside path … 🙂 “Don’t just hear — Listen!Don’t just tell — Show! Don’t just learn — Enliven! Don’t just learn — Consider! Don’t just change — Transcend! Don’t just relate — Encourage! Don’t just promise — […]
How odd it was on this journey that so many days of walking so often demanded either a long uphill ascent or a significant stairwell to climb at their very end. And so it was today in Bourg Argental, where I was called to leave the smooth streamside path in favor of a long staircase […]
After a stopover in town that was intended to be but brief, I ultimately found myself in a local tavern asking for one last glass of water before once again heading back out onto The Road. And yet what did I meet therein but another blast of unexpected warmth & hospitality, with co-owner Melinda treating […]
“I keep my kindness in my eyes, gently folded around their center, like a velvety, blue blanket that ever warms my vision. I keep my dignity upon my chin, like a torch held up high, forgiving all who have betrayed me, radiating a silent yet strong message. I keep my gratitude in my smile,a glistening […]
I got up and ambled on easily enough, up & out of Bourg Argental, and let The Way guide me smoothly all the way to the neighboring hamlet of Burdignes. It was here that I then saw what I though was a pilgrim’s hostel by the side of the path, so I stopped in innocently […]
I was feeling on top of the world (after being treated like true royalty so recently back in Burdignes), and as such it was only fitting that my newfound hubris was met with a just-as-devout skepticism immediately thereafter; first & foremost in the form of the neighboring farmer who, after being hailed and asked if […]
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