It turned out that Mate had stayed in Azqueta at quite the remarkable hostel the last time he himself had walked the Camino, and that is precisely where he led me upon entering that town. The locale was called The Black Pearl* and it proved to as much a rarity as its namesake, for rarely […]
True to form, I waited until everyone else had tucked themselves into bed before silently slipping downstairs to make my “bed” away from all others (again, primarily to spare them from the possibility – more & more the probability – that I would shock them awake with my snoring). And just as I was getting […]
It was not often that I came across such a sincere haven of Peace & Appreciation like I found in La Perla Negra, and it was just as rare that I encountered any group of fellow pilgrims that were so unified in their effusive support of my Mission of Peace as the ten cohabitants I […]
“The great mission of our day is not to explore the sea or space, or even conquer disease or tyranny. No, the actual Grand Quest which calls to the Hero in every one of us is to become fully alive – to stand up and claim our birthright, which is the peace and inner freedom […]
And so it was that the Sun gently rose upon yet another day of gloried Purpose, and I flowed smoothly through the gorgeous breezy dawn all the way to the town of Villamayor … “Heaven can only show us the way. We must each choose walk its path ourselves … Indeed, the way to the […]
“I have chosen to walk the longer road to freedom, and I have chosen not to falter. Yes, I have made mistakes along the way, and yet I have also discovered the secret that after climbing any great hill, one always finds that there are many more ascensions to summit. And so after having taken […]
Yes, “God bless with(in) [me]”, indeed! “There was a time when I did not know how to cherish sanctity, and had no understanding of the call to honor – even with the smallest of voices – the overly generous grace that ever surrounds us all. And so I chose to travel as many a Holy […]
I easily remembered this especially beautiful stretch of The Path from my 2008 pilgrimage here, and enjoyed sharing it with more than a few fellow pilgrims on this particularly glorious morning.* “Your own special Mission — which is nothing short of the fulfillment of your innate Divinity – is neither an external location to be […]
It was shortly thereafter that I caught up to Thomas & Nina – the latter of whom who was having painful trouble with her feet, and the former of whom who was gently helping to push her along The Path. This was another example of one of the things I loved the most about the […]
Well fail at times in life and we all fall into pitfalls along The Way. That said, the measure of our making is not in knowing those inevitable plummets, but rather in how we choose to respond to the same … “The only consolation in times of trial or darkness is that, though one could […]
And it was then that I pulled smoothly into the initial outskirts of the town of Los Arcos, where Mate and Fiona and I sat awhile together and reveled in an incredibly deep & heartfelt conversation about joy and self-sacrifice – about the innate power of replacing the commonplace temptations to “self love” & “self […]
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