A Path-side pilgrims’ shrine … This is a fair representation of many similar shrines I saw along the Way, where pilgrims would leave notes and stones and other small tributes to their unique Quests for peace. “Good morning to the day: and next, my gold! Open the shrine that I may see my Saint.” ~ […]
… and remember: “Forgive” is a verb … “In others, we can only clearly notice either the wonders that we currently are, or the challenges we are ready to transcend.” ~ anonymous
“Loyalty to a few, precludes a Love for the many.” ~ unknown
“Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.” ~ Wayne Dyer
… the bridge to Portomarin … “Whatever your pace, know that you will arrive.” ~ anonymous Camino graffiti
… the stairs up into town … “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” ~ Christopher Reeve
Probably my favorite picture from the entire trip; a perfect archetypal representation of what it means to walk a pilgrimage. “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” ~ C. S. Lewis
… through town to our hostel … “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters and create many ripples.” ~ Mother Teresa
We are two of last pilgrims to arrive at the hostel that night, and yet arrive we did! “Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” ~ John Quincy Adams
… leaving Portomarin in the very early, misty morning … “I enter the world called real as one enters a mist.” ~ Julien Green
Occasionally, we would see Way-markers counting down the kilometers to Santiago (and thereafter, to Finisterre). I liked this one because it shows the numerological value for the name “Scaughdt” — 83. “Tests of Faith come in many forms, and yet seem to arrive only occasionally. Of course, as far as our challenge to become truly […]
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