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So why are people not carrying what they may need, physically unprepared and finding themselves bedless?
You don’t need to look much further than the majority of threads on this forum, where the advice is all about how many grams each item in...
A pilgrimage involves deliberately putting yourself in an unfamiliar situation. People around you will notice that you will frequently seem pretty clueless. Occasionally you may even become aware of it yourself.
Part of the Camino culture is...
I, too, can experience frustration at the use (abuse?) of the phrase "the Camino provides." On the one hand, it does - in so many ways, most of which have already been mentioned in all of these thoughtful replies. I love that about the Camino...
I have mixed feelings about this post. It is our first Camino. We researched and read John’s book. We were lead to believe to pack light, do not pack for all the “what if” scenarios because you can’t carry all that. So we brought appropriate...
I think that the Camino does provide:
- The abililty to deal with uncertainty
- The reassurance that there are some people in the world who do believe in the golden rule
- That many times simple is best
- You don't need to eat fine and you can...
On the other hand, I think one element of the transformative Camino experience is learning how good it feels to be generous to strangers.
But. Not. Every. Single. One. or Every. Single. Day.
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