We do well indeed to pause and gratefully appreciate the wonders that grace each new bend in the Path. Of course, we do far better to carry those wonders with us and offer them to others along that same Way … “The fact that you woke up this morning is proof that you have been […]
I then walked into Astorga proper, where Felicia from Italy has heard about me & my Walk from the pilgrim-grapevine and boldly approaches me and gives me a hugely ebullient hug. Fellow pilgrim Paul from Austria then blows by – walking at a truly incredible pace – while promising to spread the Walk’s word even […]
“Oh, what vile violence we inflict upon the innocent! So much so that the decent are left to wonder: What could a cow (or a chicken or a pig or a turkey) have ever done to warrant the wrath of God Himself?” ~ inspired by Gary Yourofsky P.S. If you bow down to any celestial […]
As was so often the case, my first stop in town was the first church I encountered, and as was just as often the case, I paused therein to intently utter my standard two prayers – one of gratitude for how far I’d come on my Walk for Peace, and the other of resolve vowing […]
This is Violeta, a soft-spoken woman who was begging outside the church doors as I exited. And this is Violeta, who – after hearing about my Walk and its purely penniless nature – tried to give me money from her own beggar’s cup … :O “Heroes don’t leap tall buildings in a single bound or […]
As I flowed onward and left Astorga proper, I came to a lovely little wayside chapel – the Ermita de l’Ecce Homo* – on the far outskirts of town … “The Way is the transformation of self which is represented in the humanity of Jesus. Now let the Holy Spirit thunder forth from you similarly […]
“The creative, the restless, and the ethically driven are never content with the status quo. They ever look for ways to move forward, to do things that others have not, to scale or skirt the walls of conventional cowardice and bring as many as possible along for that far Greater Ride. For once such a […]
I walked smoothly onward into the day, into and through the village of Santa Catalina, and then just as smoothly passed by Adam and his mother Audrey – two fellow pilgrims who were listening to a Buddhist-sounding podcast by Ajahn Brahm on the nature of disagreement. Intrigued by their warm vibe and unusual manner of […]
It was an easy jaunt into the near outskirts of the town of Rabanal, where I stopped briefly with Adam and his entire family (this time also with sister #02 and his father as well, who had both walked ahead earlier in the day) to make and then give them all their Peace Stones. After […]
I then eased onward into Rabanal proper and just easily found The Stone Boat, the hostel owned & run by Kim (a mutual acquaintance of my fond friend Mia), who had known I was near and was already prepared to welcome me in with a happy smile and a warm heart … “Offering sanctuary to […]
I woke after a great night’s sleep and shared and easy, peaceful breakfast with Kim and my other house-guest, Matt – grateful to the former for her gracious hospitality, and grateful to the latter for his gentle kindness. Even though there is without a doubt a very real “pandemic of selfishness” in the world these […]
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