One might say that traipsing off into the neighboring underbrush to circumnavigate a monstrous mud-puddle is no big deal. On this day I chose to differ … 😀 “You will encounter many great obstacles and you will be defeated by more than few of them, and yet you must never relax into resignation. For in […]
It didn’t really matter that this would end up being my only day walking with Terri.* We embraced our companionship completely come what would; each of us choosing to become the fastest of Friends, walking in wholehearted gratitude — each of us doing so as though she truly was going to walk alongside me all […]
Terri and I pulled briefly into the hostel rest-stop at Sauvage, and while we were not met with any sizable amount of Kindness there, I was able to witness a signaged tribute to one of my favorite French words — Poubelle (pronounced poo-bell), which means nothing short of “garbage” or “refuse” … 😀 “The readiness […]
“We must only look to Nature to see that Peace is life, just as Love is life. Indeed, no river holds a grudge against a rock in its path, and no leaf refuses to blow in the breeze. No plant denies either water or sunshine, just as no animal refuses either compassion or mercy. We […]
Terri and I eventually came to a place on the trail where The Way crossed and briefly flowed alongside a relatively busy roadway, and I became a bit concerned for Terri’s safety — as she was indeed quite young and showed no signs of appropriate respect when it came to oncoming traffic … :O And […]
“It is not the quantity of what we can learn from dogs that counts, but the quality. For even the most lonely or misled of hounds go about living their lives with unbridled exuberance; seizing each moment and following their hearts fully. Indeed, dogs remind us to appreciate the incredible weight found in the simplest […]
I continued flowing down The Way — thoroughly enjoying the brilliantly sunny skies, and Terri’s obvious displays of explorative Joy up ahead — when I sensed that I was being overtaken by a fellow pilgrim. I slowed down to allow for him to more smoothly pass me by when to my surprise he slowed down […]
Remi and I flowed into the small city of St. Alban, and we were headed to the church plaza at the center of town (a frequent fist-stop in most of the cities I entered &/or passed through along The Way) when Gilles called out to us from a small café. Remi & I gave him […]
It turns out that one of the reasons why Remi’s pack was so insanely heavy* was that he was carrying enough emergency medical equipment to help any number of pilgrims heal from any number of maladies … :O … And so it was that he sat me down in the St. Alban church square and […]
Even though Terri made it quite clear even before our arrival in the town of St. Alban that she was going to flow onward with whomever provided her with the best chance for a regular meal (a contest that I as a mendicant Peace Pilgrim was clearly never going to win), ours was a gentle […]
Madeleine, a patron of the Walk who I had first met just south of Lausanne in Switzerland, had contacted me a few days previous and asked to walk with me for a few days. I consented to the same and was scheduled to meet her here in St. Alban. True to the relaxed way of […]
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