“During any walk of any significant distance, whether hobbling along or moving smoothly, whether with the Sun at your back or the cold rain dripping down your collar, you are more yourself than under any other circumstance,. For in these times you walk so far that you are no longer merely that self, but have […]
It was around this time that I began to regularly see small way-marking stickers adorning The Way – stickers that would show up quite regularly in the many days that followed; stickers that had been adorned with wisdoms that were as encouraging as they were True … “To truly live is to dig our toes […]
“The landscape projects into us not like a jetty or peninsula, but instead like a kind of sunlight, flickeringly unmappable in its plays yet often quickening and illuminating as well. We are adept, if not also occasionally embarrassed, at saying what we make of certain places, and yet we are far less talented at announcing […]
I had not been able to find Nogaro’s rumored donativo (and it had been still too early to halt at the time), and yet I had somehow assumed (quite incorrectly, as things turned out) that my day’s walking would soon come to a close. I had heard from fellow pilgrim Sasha (who I had originally […]
“Suddenly I came out of my thoughts and noticed everything around me again – the lush greens of the neighboring fields, the way the leaves of the trees danced with the gentle wind, the sun-stroked shadows that laid out perfect geometries upon the path underfoot. And then there was myself, walking with the alignment that […]
It is crucial for us all to remember that “The ONE” does not refer to a being separate &/or above us, but rather references the Truth that we too are an innately interconnected, an equally significant, and an ever-potentially powerful facet of the entire Cosmos. The former meaning limits us by keeping us separate from […]
“It is critical to remember that we are all pilgrims on this earth, and that our respective journeys must be neither arduous nor harrowing to be important. Joyfully engaging each day’s simple-yet-selfless tasks is always enough – like getting up every morning to go to work to support my family or sacrificing personal time in […]
On & on & on I walked and finally made it to the town of Lelin Lapujolle, and somehow felt certain that this is where I would lay my head down for the night. And yet once again my hopes proved disappointing (as hopes are wont to do), as the entire village was closed for […]
And so it was that I walked on & on & on through the ever-later afternoon – all the way to & through the tiny hamlet of Arblade le Bas, where I heard a local resident weed-eating his yard and decided to ask if there was anywhere a mendicant pilgrim could rest for the night. […]
And so it was that I – having already walked more than 40km on that particular day – marched forth with a renewed vigor and refreshed purpose; powerfully flowing 6 kilometers to a recently abandoned pathside donativo refreshment station for pilgrims (where I gratefully refreshed myself with 6.5 small plums that had been graciously left […]
True to form on this Walk, I paused – even if ever so briefly – in Barcelonne du Gers’ local church for a heartfelt reaffirmation of my resolve the spread the message of The Way of Selfless Love, and a heartwarming protestation of gratitude for being able in any way to do the same … […]
;
