Maybe it was the great Beauty with which I was surrounded that afternoon, or maybe it was simply a cherubic Camino illusion, and yet I made it from Variare to the outskirts of Bach in what seemed like almost no time at all – and found there even more beauty still: the Beauty of a […]
Four days previous, just as I was setting forth from the medieval city of Conques, Chantal – one of the hostel’s hospitaleras who had powerfully resonated with both my Walk and its mission – had rushed out to stop me, both to offer a fond farewell and to tell me that she maintained a small […]
This is Raf, the gentle pilgrim from Belgium who without any prompting whatsoever* offered me half his own lunch while we were sitting in the shade of a huge tree in the Bach town square … Thank You again, Raf! 😀 “Some have said that the only way we will ever love our neighbor as […]
“Everywhere and throughout time, beings have walked the Earth. And in their walking they have veined the landscape with paths both visible and invisible, both symmetrical and meandering. And once you begin to look about you, you too will see that the landscape is still webbed with a myriad of paths and footways — shadowing […]
And so it is that I then paused to honor the men &/or women who created this masterpiece of stonework and thoughtfulness. What a treasured gift to the weary pilgrim! What a selfless service to every sauntering stranger! 🙂 “Oh, that blessedly wonderful idea that others always come first and you always thereafter. This was […]
I have always been someone who didn’t do very well when exposed to long stretches of direct sunlight. Whenever I would be called to work on the farm, I would get up and 5am and put in as many hours as I could before the sun began to burn down. And every time I would […]
On & on & on I walked after leaving Bach – ever slower & slower, ever in more & more physical discomfort (my hips were still nowhere close to 100% healed at this point), and ever with less & less water remaining in my handy bottle. I had originally intended to flow all the way […]
“As you tread upon this amazing Earth while living your phenomenal life, remember that you are but one miracle walking upon another – and remember to treat both the Earth upon which you move and all others you meet along the way with matching grace and kindness.” ~ inspired by Mehmet Ildan
I woke early this morning and sat for awhile on the veranda under a setting full moon. Then, still before anyone else had awoken, I drank a final cup of coffee, said a silent farewell to my fellow pilgrims, and walked back out onto The Way. Even though a light misty rain began to fall […]
“Every new morning becomes a renewed and quite cheerful invitation to make our lives of equal simplicity (with the way we care for ourselves) and equal innocence (with the way we deal with others) to that of Nature herself.” ~ inspired by Henry David Thoreau
“Whenever you set forth into the day, go boldly. Whenever you encounter trials or frustrations, persist steadfastly. Whenever you meet with obstacles or enemies, strive resolutely. And whenever you know pain or fatigue or defeat, transcend selflessly. After all, you are so much more than mere dust & shadow.” ~ inspired by Horace* *Quam plus […]
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