Pilgrim’s Pit-stop @ Arca de Pino … After getting a snack at this little cafe, we headed through the outskirts of town and saw a sign for a neat little hotel, where we chose to stay for the night. We could have gone on t a hostel on down the road, and yet it was […]
Now, here on my last day of walking before arriving in Santiago, I came to the realization that this Journey has become truly mine, precisely because I did not walk it for my own personal gain, but rather solely to bring Peace & Joy to others. “I would argue that the second greatest force in […]
Santiago! “Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.” ~ Sivananda
“And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me.” ~ Black Elk
Our passage through the humongous pilgrim’s hostel-complex of Monte de Gozo was more than surreal. The hostel at Ribadiso, where we had stayed just two days previously, had been completely packed, and yet this monstrous place was completely empty. I think we saw only two other pilgrims the entire time we paused here. Like most […]
The pilgrim’s monument of Monte de Gozo (“Mount Joy”) — the lookout from whence pilgrims could traditionally first glimpse the Santiago Cathedral. “Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I really like the way dozens of pilgrims have steadily filled the pilgrim’s bowl to the point where it is now overflowing in abundance. “I have held many things in my hand, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, I still possess.” ~ Martin Luther
“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience … and freedom in all just pursuits.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
We made it! 500+ miles in 38 total days (37 walking days for Mom & 33 walking days for me) Mom, you are amazing! Camino, you even more so … 😉 “I think the important thing now is to have a celebration and then with determination move into our common, shared, different future.” ~ Michael […]
Hooray! “Perhaps home is not a place, but simply an irrevocable condition.” ~ James Baldwin
As we enter the old section of town, we are very near the Cathedral now, and a physically noticeable sense of Joy can be felt — steadily welling up from the heart, more and more with each subsequent step. “The beating Heart of the Universe is holy Joy.” ~ Martin Buber
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