Day 09a: Baring the bare Necessities … (04/23/2019)

Day 09 was actually quite the pleasant walk, weather-wise, and yet my feet were still aching and I was still not yet pilgrimage-fit. As a consequence, I found myself on this day continuing to jettison the handful of “just in case” items that I was still lugging along with me — including my very favorite pair of underwear; a most cherished article of clothing that I had been saving to wear across the Atlantic Ocean after finishing the European portion of my Journey … 😀

“It is in letting go of things material that allows us to gain a firmer grasp of things immaterial. It is in gently yet firmly dismissing our fleeting interactions with things that allows us to deeply and fully embrace our far more important interactions with others.” ~ inspired by Chris Matakas