177/499 … no map needed (10/01/08)
… another harmonious section of the Path. (I am the 5th pilgrim from the top) “I learned that sometimes a journey can take you to a place that is not on any map.” ~ unknown
178/499 … Gratitude is letting Go (10/01/08)
Right on, Mom! “Letting go is required to truly Love another, and gratitude for life ‘AS IS’ is required to truly let go.” ~ from my Camino journal
179/499 … the Peace of Love (10/01/08)
This particular pilgrim was especially inspiring. He spoke only Spanish, but we communicated enough to know that even though he had suffered a stroke (he walked with a severe limp and couldn’t really use his left arm), he had already walked all the way to Santiago, and was now walking all the way back home! […]
180/499 … trekking into Rest (10/01/08)
… a typical Camino ritual — the coffee break — this time with Mom and our friends Minsu (from South Korea) and Klaus (from Germany). “We have stories to tell, stories that provide wisdom about the journey of life. What more have we to give one another than our ‘truth’ about our human adventure as […]
181/499 … to go UP is to go IN (10/01/08)
… me during that same coffee break … “Life is a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground covered we have covered before, only higher up … The journey is both repetitious and progressive; we go both round and upward.” ~ William Butler Yeats
182/499 … like a River (10/01/08)
I have been desiring clothes like these for the longest time. Does anyone know where I can find some? .. 😉 “True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.” ~ Edward Lindley Wood
183/499 … the where to in every Here (10/01/08)
The town of Santo Domingo, near the hostel where we will spend this night. “The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many […]
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 […]
185/499 … an abundance of Wealth (10/02/08)
“Lesson from the Camino: Conventional “wisdom” would have us believe that abundance is everywhere and that all of us deserve to be “wealthy”, and yet the Camino teaches that true Wealth is appreciating the things we already have, by using them to further the Joy of others.” ~ from my Camino journal
186/499 … a Goal without End (10/02/08)
“Lesson from the Camino: Conventional “wisdom” would have us believe that we are supposed to set a goal & strive then to “get there”, and yet the Camino teaches us that we are all already Right where we are “supposed to be”; that there is nothing more important than the good we can already do […]
187/499 … Faith is Care-full (10/02/08)
“Lesson from the Camino: Conventional “wisdom” would have us believe that we need to “save up” our sustenance for possible times of lack in the future, and yet the Camino teaches us to relax into the moment and have Faith in the providence that is always showered gently upon those who choose to live in […]
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