This was a fascinating “art garden” that appeared as if it sprang up impromptu fashion over several weeks. There were the usual miniature “pilgrim’s cairns” everywhere made of stones from the Path, and yet also these obscure modern-art type sculptures. Mom spent a lot of time looking at them all. I simply gave them a […]
This is so True — especially when reading the word “Love” as a verb … “The experiences are so innumerable and varied, that the journey appears to be interminable and the Destination is ever out of sight. But the wonder of it is, when at last you reach your Destination you find that you had […]
“Real Faith: When in doubt, don’t!” ~ unknown
“If you are determined to ‘push the river’*, you will ensure the very thing you push against.” ~ from my Camino journal (*the term “push the river” relates to any attempt to make what clearly IS morph into what you think “should be” instead.)
“What you don’t own about yourself owns you.” ~ Robin Sharma “Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” ~ G. Buddha
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” ~ Douglas Adams
… heading down into Astorga … “The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too” ~ Teresa of Avila
“It is only in the future the we become cowards … In the Here&Now, we all have hearts of lions.” ~ from my Camino journal
“Compromising one’s True Self to remain with a loved one brings only pain to lover and beloved alike.” ~ Scaughdt [… the True Self knows only giving, and as such cannot ever be compromised by any form of true generosity]
This picture brings to mind something profound about cleanliness and Godliness — and yet now, as a pilgrim, I relate it not as much to the body as to the Soul. “There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify – so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of […]
… hanging out in a sunbeam with Felipe … “There is great meaning in life for those who are willing to journey.” ~ Jim England
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