184/499 … transcending happiness (10/02/08)
… heading back onto the Trail in the early morning …
“Lesson from the Camino: Conventional “wisdom” would have us believe that “the good life” is about avoiding pain and thereby “being happy”, and yet the Camino teaches us that true Joy comes not from avoiding our pain, but from transcending it (via acts of radical Kindness).” ~ from my Camino journal
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