I then walked into the tiny rustic village of Monedeyres, where the tiny chapel was closed for repairs, and yet where the home of Cathy & Michel was wide open for curiosity and conversation and camaraderie and compassion (and two uber-delicious espresso-coffees to boot!) … 😀 😀 😀 “If we would all simply choose to […]
“Life is affirmed and made meaningful by a fullness of attention (just as life itself is denied by lack of the same). And this remains just as true no matter what we are doing — whether we are cleaning windows or writing a masterpiece or walking a wooded path or caring for a loved one.” […]
Joy comes to us when we persist through a trial or tribulation to come out on the other side, it’s true. AND Joy also comes to us just as readily when we come once again face to face with a challenge previously overcome &/or an obstacle already transcended. In the former moments, we come to […]
“Each & every man and woman has only one genuine vocation: to rediscover his or her truer Self — to rediscover and re-enliven his or her truer destiny by intentionally and courageously harmonizing each & every waking moment of his or her life with the same. Anything else is but a faux & hollow would-be […]
I began flowing fast and smoothly thereafter, through radiant forests along soft-earthed paths, all the way to the upper outskirts of the city of St. Julien-Chapteuil — where Bernard and Christian and Orane and Karine effusively invited me to sit at their garden table, listened to the overarching tale of my Walk, spoke with me […]
I then entered St. Julien-Chapteuil proper, and almost immediately passed yet another pathside garden-party in progress. The family who was enjoying the same cordially invited me into their yard and , after hearing my tale, graciously offered me an entire bottle of water. Far more phenomenally than this initial dose of goodwill was Lou (pictured […]
And once again I came across a seemingly non-traversable obstacle (at least as far as my own still-aching hips were concerned), and once again I was offered a thinly-traced alternative route that led to a glorious way over the same (see the first two comment boxes below) … 🙂 “Detachment means fully letting go of […]
And once more I passed by a small herd of “happy cattle” — a family of dairy cows who were obviously quite content to “live the good life” in lush & spacious fields — a family of dairy cows who were obviously oblivious to the true intentions of their less-than-kind masters — a family of […]
I flowed onward smoothly enough for awhile, and yet the closer I got to the town of St. Germain (the day’s intended destination) the hotter and dustier the walking became. And to make matters even more challenging, the Camino decided to first show me the town itself on a very near horizon (instinctively getting my […]
I finally made into the town of St. Germain proper, and almost immediately saw a jovial family enjoying themselves immensely on an elevated shed-top patio just off the roadside — enjoying themselves so much so, in fact, that the owner of that same residence, Yannick, answered my wave by calling down and telling me to […]
I flowed thereafter into the center of St. Germain, straight to its Catholic church’s wide-open doors and welcoming ambience. It was here that I not only offered up a heartfelt thanks (to the general goodness of my fellow human brothers & sisters as much as to the subtle support of the ineffable “Divine”) for being […]
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