Maria let us use her main computer to check our emails, and she brought us coffee and toast while we did so! On top of that, I couldn’t sleep again this evening and Maria, upon seeing me walking around bleary-eyed, gave me my own room with a big bed — and didn’t charge us a […]
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Thank you, Maria! “In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as […]
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“Behind all seen things lies something vaster. Everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening onto something other than itself.” ~ Antoine de St. Exupery
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“The Path has no value once you arrive.” ~ Camino graffiti [so choose to keep going — ever onward into the Now]
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Finisterre is in sight! “When you are moving toward an objective, it is important to pay attention to the road. It is the road that teaches us the best way to get there, and the road that enriches us as we walk.” ~ Paulo Coelho
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“The journey of a thousand miles may begin with a single step, and yet the journey of a lifetime immediately ends without one.” ~ inspired by Lao Tsu
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“The journey is what brings us true Happiness, not its goals or destinations.” ~ inspired by Dan Millman
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“Stories never really end…even if books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don’t end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.” ~ Cornelia Funke
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We made it — again! “If we are only happy to possess wealth, we must continue to endure poverty. If we are only happy to have comfort, we must continue to experience suffering. If we are only happy to be loved, we must continue to relive our loneliness. If we are only happy to have […]
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We arrive at “the end of the world” — and it’s closed! Mom & I were planning on staying a few days in this lighthouse hotel, but it turns out the lighthouse is not open in the winter months (we just missed its last open day this year) … This was a bit disappointing for […]
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The beach near our hostel (the “Playa del Fora”, where I would later complete my Pilgrimage by saying a prayer of gratitude, bathing naked in the sea, and professing my intention to give the rest of my life to the service of Love). “On the seashore of endless worlds children meet … They build their […]
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