Jean Marc had flowed on ahead of me while I got some fresh drinking water and rested a bit, and yet I hadn’t walked very far thereafter (I wasn’t even fully out of Sauvelade proper) when I saw him coming out of a local “hippy bar” on the side of the Way. He laughed when […]
Interestingly, just after being offered a potential place at a Navarrenx hostel called “The Alchemist”, I saw this quite from the famed Camino graffiti artist of the same moniker … “Obstacles are offered so that you might choose to overcome them.” ~ The Alchemist
And then I was blessed by the next donativo rest-stop; this one a relatively elaborate affair, with the standard offerings of free fruit and soothing beverages, to be sure, and yet also with the gifts of soothing shade, a comfy sofa, and uplifting inspirational quotes posted all around … As I was writing my usual […]
“There are three keys for any & every journey to become a true Success: Humility (what you have to learn), Wisdom (what you have to share), and Love (what you have to give). Don’t ever depart without any of them. They will ever enrich you all the way, and they will ever bless all those […]
“Purpose is never that far my child. Indeed, it’s only a journey’s walk. It is the One at the start of the journey, it is the ONE at the end of the journey, and it is the journey itself. In truth, when you thirst, do you not drink? And when you are cool, do you […]
And then I came upon yet another lovely rest-stop, one dedicated to John 4’s deeply symbolic telling of Jesus’ well-side encounter with a Samaritan woman – a passage that conservative Christians to this day quite incorrectly use to support their contention that they and they alone are “the saved” ones (that the only ones worthy […]
“Among the great & noble struggles of man there is also the mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away; the dream of roots countered by the mirage of the journey … And this tugging tension belies an even deeper Truth: that we ultimately have no control over how our stories […]
I was flowing steadily and swiftly on the walk to day, and cruised (despite the at time oppressive heat) into the town of Maritein – where I paused to rest in the cooler confines of the local church … Jean Marc has arrived here as well, and we share a calm-yet-ultimately-meaningless conversation about politics; with […]
It came time to depart and head back out onto the Road, and yet before I did so I couldn’t help wondering about how serene – almost joyful, even – Jesus’ face appeared on the cross herein … “A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests […]
“There are people who believe they know where they want to be, and who also have a clearly marked roadmap in their mind about how to get there. And yet something always stops them from ever arriving. They either keep waiting for better circumstances, or simply lack the courage to give up the comfort of […]
I made it thereafter into the town of Navarrenx, and – as was my usual custom – proceeded first and foremost to the local church; to give thanks for having made it this far and to re-vow my resolve to continue onward for the cause of Peace … What was especially interesting about this particular […]
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