Day 05f: Ever in the presence of the ever Ever-Present … (04/19/19)
It was a long and painful second “1st day”, that much was true. And I found myself stumbling into the little town of Ihlingen at dusk — looking for and almost immediately finding the rumored pilgrim’s donativo hostel that would take me in for the night; finding that donativo already closed and dark and fully unavailable …
Fortunately a small church was open right next door — a church in which I straight-away lay down in its tiny upper balcony and soon fell asleep; a church in which I was subsequently locked in for the night by the caretaker of the same; a church in which I then tried quite unsuccessfully to sleep that night (its wooden pews being rock hard and its stone walls & floors being ice cold); a church from which I escaped the following morning via an open window and short leap to the ground below; and a church from which I gratefully walked onward into the next morning’s still-dark dawn … 🙂
“I am always seeking Peace and never finding it, except alone in the presence of the Divine … I am always seeking Joy and never finding it, except in the presence of others while giving to them.” ~ inspired by Thomas a Kempis
and yet very warm of vibe … 😉 )
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