After having uttered my deepest gratitudes to the Cosmos (and watered the same with spontaneous tears of joy), I headed back down into town to continue along my Way, with the first order of business seeing whether I was going to spend this night in Finisterre or head back out onto The Road. I had […]
I wasn’t sure whether I would be able to smoothly remain in Finisterre that night, and yet resolved myself to at the very least stopping by all the hostels that Simone had mentioned before leaving town. And yet as it turned out, the very first stop on his list proved to be the last & […]
And so it was that a great Fellowship began to blossom and my Family began to swell – at first in the usual ways: inspiring stories told, words of encouragement offered, gifts of kindness donated, smiles of love beamed, and a wholesome meal shared. Then, towards the latter part of that evening – after all […]
Michal (the wonderful young lady who I had first met at Pieros and then again in Logoso just a few days ago) had graciously offered to pay for me to remain in the hostel for an additional day of Rest & Service, and I decided this morning to accept her lovely offer – a gift […]
One of the pilgrims present during my Finisterre stay was Pedro, a self-professed Peace Pilgrim, and yet in all honesty one of the least peaceful Peace Pilgrims I had ever met. Off-puttingly dour of visage and surprisingly harsh of tone, he was apparently somewhat of a regular visitor at the hostel. It wasn’t clear what […]
This post is meant to be a tribute to fellow pilgrims Marie & Margot, two beautifully sincere Seekers who not only earnestly appreciated the answers I gave them regarding life and meaning and my Walk for Peace, but two wise Souls whose conversation with me thereafter led to a potent revelation for the walk itself […]
One of my favorite gifts received along The Way were the delicious vegan meals that were offered to me on occasion – not only because their sustenance contained no cruelty, but also because a shared repast proved to be one of the times when others became more at ease – and thereby more open to […]
One of the most powerful lessons I repeatedly learned along this Walk was the ever-remembered fact that my life was not to be about convincing others to be more kind or getting them to wake up and join Team Compassion. No, my life – whether walking or not – was to be about simply setting […]
Elisa was the very first pilgrim with whom I deeply bonded here in Finisterre, and remains to this day one of the few truly “kindred Souls” I was blessed to meet5 along my Way. Maybe it was because she had such an honest & humble Heart, maybe it was because she too had come to […]
And so my 6th Day of Repose* on this Walk came to an end, and I – as I had done so often on previous nights – chose to wait patiently until all was quite in the hostel, and then humbly hunker down on kitchen’s humbler floor … *with Herrenberg, Le Puy, Espalais, Hontanas, & […]
I woke early (though in truth a bit later than usual), ate the cashews that Marie & Margot had given me the day before (and a bit of the couscous that was leftover from last night’s dinner), re-taped the soles of my shoes, and once more hit The Road – off into the peace of […]
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