362/499 … a Samos stopover (10/23/08)
… the famous monastery at Samos … “It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking becomes our preaching.” ~ St. Francis of Assisi
363/499 … a Message for monks (10/23/08)
Though only inhabited by about a dozen monks, the monastery here is still inhabited, functioning & self-sufficient. “Enter Samos and realize that, though the monastic lifestyle has always appealed to me (even as a small boy), I have not been Called to be a monk at this time – but rather have been given the […]
364/499 … Patience is a verb (10/23/08)
“The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between.” ~ Norton Juster
365/499 … into the Light (10/23/08)
“Though the road’s been rocky, it sure feels good to me.” ~ Bob Marley
366/499 … God cheering us on (10/23/08)
“After having left Samos, I pause by a roadside grotto [pictured above] to reverently reaffirm my complete willingness to give my life completely to the service of the Highest Good. And just as I finish this thought, I opened my eyes to see a lone fish leap high out of the pristine pool, jubilantly affirming […]
367/499 … ever onward, into the Now (10/23/08)
Bridges too, over calmer waters … “Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere …” ~ Walt Whitman
368/499 … Beauty allWays underfoot (10/23/08)
“Walking through flagrant representations of Paradise; every corner turned revealing a fresh scene of idyllic Beauty.” ~ from my Camino journal
369/499 … Being where you Are (10/23/08)
Lunch here is as good (or better) than anywhere else … “Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way — with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.” ~ James Brown
370/499 … Sustenance, more than food (10/23/08)
Hi, Mom! “If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.” ~ Robert Brault
371/499 … Love makes the Family (10/23/08)
Hi, Scaughdt! “In truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by the number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, … by the caring and love you show to one another.” ~ Marge Kennedy
372/499 … listening to the Flow (10/23/08)
… entering Sarria … “The quality of the imagination [and of Life in general] is to flow, and not to freeze.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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