After a wonderful evening spent with Elisabeth Oberfell and her lovely family in Haslach* I set forth the following morning feeling physically refreshed and emotionally upbeat. Of course, life being what it is, my physical energy was soon replaced thereafter by a growing fatigue and my emotional equanimity by a gnawing sense of dis-ease. For the way-markers through the forest in which I soon found myself were unclear to say the least, and I ended up walking down one arduous dead-end path after another before finally rediscovering The Way.

“In Pilgrimage, as in LOVE, apparent success is never lasting, just as apparent failures are never fatal. Indeed, in both of these endeavors it is the courage to persistently continue onward that matters. And so it is that the true pilgrim continues to seek and find and walk the way that lies ever underfoot. And so it is that the true Lover repeatedly seeks and finds and cares for those nearest by.” ~ inspired by Maya Angelou

*I had entered the catholic church in that same town at dusk the day before, and had spent no more than 15 minutes therein before Elisabeth — the steward of the same — had not only enthusiastically heard the story of my journey and almost immediately thereafter offered me a home-cooked meal with her lovely family that evening, but had also offered me a bed for the night in one of the guest beds in her own home … :O

Filed under: Peace Pilgrimage #02: Walking HOME (2019) by Scaughdt