This German fellow has been caring for pilgrims with his healing hands for years — massaging their feet, tending their blisters, soothing their stress. I didn’t stay here, yet I did get news from him about Mom, as she had stayed in this hostel only a few nights prior (and had made quite the positive impression — of course!) …

“It is not what happens to us that hurts, but rather our negative reactions to those painful events that constrict our energy and cause our suffering.  Nothing ever happens TO us; everything happens FOR us.” ~ from my Camino journal

Filed under: Walking The Way (Camino de Santiago - 2008) by Scaughdt