Day 10b: Water in the Wilderness … (04/24/2019)
After finally finding the proper path, I walked on through the woods on this day with high spirits — the sun was shining, the trail was now smooth and clear, and the landscape was stunningly beautiful. That having been said, there was one cause for concern: water — or better stated, my pregnant lack thereof. You see, up until that point walking a pilgrimage in Germany meant always being a stone’s throw away from a village or a store or a house, and as such the water bottle I was using at the time was a rather tiny one — a water bottle that on this day’s heat soon became completely empty, and a water bottle that had no place nearby in which to refill it. So even though I continued to smile as I walked along, I was extremely thirsty, and even though I was happy with the day, there soon developed an accompanying concern about when I was going to be able to find something to drink.
And yet that concern was quite miraculously put to rest soon thereafter, when I rounded a bend in the trail to find a lovely little vacation cottage, seemingly in the middle of nowhere; a lovely little cottage with a lovely little garden; a lovely little garden in which a lovely little couple — Marc & Andrea — were sunbathing Adam & Eve style at the time; a lovely little couple who saw me, asked what I was doing, and then (after hearing an abbreviated telling of my tale) invited me in for a lovely little rest stop — one complete with caring conversation, delicious fruit — and water … 😀 😀 😀 😀
“Just as the beauty in pilgrimage is ever in the walking, the joy in relationships rests solely in the Loving. Whether we are strolling through surroundings or meeting with another, we are always betrayed by destinations of place or hopes for appreciation.” ~ inspired by Gwyn Thomas
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