276/499 … true Faith (10/16/08)
“Real Faith: When in doubt, don’t!” ~ unknown
277/499 … to push the River (10/16/08)
“If you are determined to ‘push the river’*, you will ensure the very thing you push against.” ~ from my Camino journal (*the term “push the river” relates to any attempt to make what clearly IS morph into what you think “should be” instead.)
278/499 … rediscovering your Self (10/16/08)
“What you don’t own about yourself owns you.” ~ Robin Sharma “Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” ~ G. Buddha
279/499 … arriving at Orginal Intent (10/16/08)
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” ~ Douglas Adams
280/499 … God, along for the ride (10/16/08)
… heading down into Astorga … “The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too” ~ Teresa of Avila
281/499 … the Heart of the Lion (10/16/08)
“It is only in the future the we become cowards … In the Here&Now, we all have hearts of lions.” ~ from my Camino journal
282/499 … to Sow is the Harvest (10/16/08)
“Compromising one’s True Self to remain with a loved one brings only pain to lover and beloved alike.” ~ Scaughdt [… the True Self knows only giving, and as such cannot ever be compromised by any form of true generosity]
283/499 … selfishness out to dry (10/16/08)
This picture brings to mind something profound about cleanliness and Godliness — and yet now, as a pilgrim, I relate it not as much to the body as to the Soul. “There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify – so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of […]
284/499 … Meaning in the Journey (10/16/08)
… hanging out in a sunbeam with Felipe … “There is great meaning in life for those who are willing to journey.” ~ Jim England
285/499 … approaching Truth (10/17/08)
… on the Way to Rabanal … “His pilgrimage was rewarded with new wisdom, which would never have been his had he remained in his basement.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
286/499 … turning to Gold (10/17/08)
“And as we wind on down the road our shadows taller than our Soul, there walks a lady we all know who shines white light and wants to show how everything can still turn to gold.” ~ Led Zeppelin [hint: See “the lady” as selfless Love]
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