Ann from Malta and James from Ireland. We have walked the last several days with them. They are two of our favorite people on the entire Camino, and it is somehow only fitting that we enter Santiago together. “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it […]
It is accomplished! “Set yourself joyfully on fire, and they will come from miles around to watch you burn.” ~ John Wesley
The timing couldn’t have been better*, as this fellow started playing his pipes the very minute we rounded the corner to enter the Cathedral. I truly adore good bagpipe music, so this was an extra special treat for me. “There are … just two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a […]
Mom was also thrilled to have arrived … She tends not to hold back her Joy — a character trait I admire immensely. “Things won are done … Joy’s soul lies in the doing.” ~ William Shakespeare
“You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.” ~ Alan Watts
“The purest form of reverence is humble revelry.” ~ anonymous
Though sincere reverence can also take on other forms equally powerful. “Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.” ~ Plato
“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” ~ Albert Einstein
The Santiago Cathedral … Even with immense expectations preceding it, this place does anything but disappoint … simply majestic! “Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” ~ John Milton
… and sometimes our deepest reverence takes the form of a calm smile. “By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.” ~ Albert Schweitzer
“All roads indeed lead to Rome, but theirs also is a more mystical destination, some born of which no traveler knows the name, some city, they all seem to hint, even more eternal.” ~ Richard Le Gallienne
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