Just a little further on, I “found” this incredible stone spiral near the path. A mystery of mysteries — surely one person didn’t do this alone. I have built labyrinths half this size that took many hours to lay out in this fashion. Was it a group of pilgrims that created it, or maybe a […]
… the center of the same spiral … “May the path of your life always match the path of your Heart.” ~ Camino graffiti
“For the pilgrim, the magic of the Path is in the signs and in the silence.” ~ Camino graffiti
“If you judge others, you have no time to Love them.” ~ Camino graffiti [Mother Teresa]
… the beautiful Burgos Cathedral. “Because it is difficult to be fair, it is prudent to be lenient.” ~ Camino graffiti
I found this photo online of Tardajos, the city where I stopped this evening. The major difference: I walked the majority of the afternoon through a driving rainstorm and stumbled into this somewhat forbidding town at dusk. Due to my late arrival, I was the last to enter the donativo hostel there, and all the […]
The storks here keep reminding me of that famous myth of the stork that brings babies to families; a myth that is as prevalent in Europe as it is in the States. This got me to thinking not only about the metaphors involved (namely, that our own rebirth doesn’t come from “somewhere else” either, but […]
“Babbling without listening is like sex without adoration, is like thinking without being present, is like praying without humility, is like ‘intimacy’ without sacrificing the ego, is like pleasure without Peace — … all meaningless wastes of our lives priceless moments, and the ability we have been given to enLiven them.” ~ from my Camino […]
“Regardless of where we are, what we are doing &/or with whom, Meaning is always ours for the making.” ~ from my Camino journal
“Dear God, I sometimes fear … Let me have the courage to Love anyway. Dear God, I am sometimes sad … Let me have the courage to be joyous anyway. Dear God, I am sometimes desirous … Let me have the courage to do good for others anyway.” ~ from my Camino journal
Here, the “Maseta” (Spanish for “plateau”) is in the full force of its raw nothingness. Traditionally, this 200+/- mile stretch of the Path is the region where pilgrims often experience the internal catharsis & purification that comes from the prolonged exposure to such radical austerity. Personally, I found this section of the journey very soothing, […]
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