falconbrother
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- June - July 2024
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What you experienced and are currently experiencing is not uncommon. What you and your wife are trying to figure out how to implement in your life, I did my version of 7 years ago.I'm on day three back at work from walking the Camino Frances. I feel a bit homesick. I could have lived that life indefinitely I think. I wasn't ready for it to be over, when it was over.
My wife said it best: "The Camino is what the church ought to be." Pilgrims being kind and helpful to each other. That was our experience anyway.
Coming back to the world it feels very dog eat dog. People cut each other off to get to a red light. Being rude and uncaring when it serves no purpose other than to encourage neurosis. The Camino is a peaceful place. It created a newer level of peace in me. The world races around me and I have no interest in participating in competition that goes nowhere. People who have no peace rise to power in a dysfunctional system...whether it's in a micro system or a macro system. My ego self feels really quiet and more than willing to allow what is to be.....where no one is actually being harmed.
Living out of a backpack and simply walking everyday did wonders. It's amazing how little we need to be happy in life (food, clothes, a place to sleep and friends) when we stop perpetually craving to be somewhere and someone else. Life only unfolds and gets lived now, here. My amazing wife and I are trying to figure out how to take this experience into the rest of our lives....how to encourage it and nurture it....share it.
I could go on..
The way we live is up to each of us - and many parts of that rat race are completely optional. But because human beings are herd animals, it's a bit of a challenge to live differently than everyone around us. So learning to graciously say no is a wonderful skill, as is finding quiet ways to use spare time. Sometimes the biggest challenge is just getting more and more comfortable doing both of those things when the world around us isn't. But it's really OK to be yourself.Like many, your Camino continues. Buen Camino
Doing is overrated in our culture.just don't know what to do with myself
You have articulated the "cure" so perfectly!I'm 13 years removed from my first Camino and I still get indigestion when I look at a busy appointment calendar. The only cure for missing the Camino is to start planning the next one. Take care
Many of us have felt what you are now going through although each in their own way. The simplicity of it all and as you said, how little we actually need are important take-aways. I too finished 3 days ago but just returned to Santiago after walking to Finisterre.Living out of a backpack and simply walking everyday did wonders. It's amazing how little we need to be happy in life (food, clothes, a place to sleep and friends) when we stop perpetually craving to be somewhere and someone else. Life only unfolds and gets lived now, here. My amazing wife and I are trying to figure out how to take this experience into the rest of our lives....how to encourage it and nurture it....share it.
I could go on..
Do you think you will make any Camino-inspired changes in your life now that you are home?
I know what you should do- go on another CaminoI've been home for a week now, and just don't know what to do with myself. Yes, I have plenty of things that I can do around the house, but I miss that simple goal of walking to my next destination and furthering myself on the path to Santiago.
The fact that I arrived home to a heatwave of temperatures of 100+F/40+C hasn't helped!
My focus since coming home is being friendly- smiles were big on the Camino and can be back home as well- and gentle when talking with others. I had a great day renewing my drivers license with that attitude as they responded similarly and was such a nice interaction. Paying the Camino gratitude and attitude forward is my goal.I'm on day three back at work from walking the Camino Frances. I feel a bit homesick. I could have lived that life indefinitely I think. I wasn't ready for it to be over, when it was over.
My wife said it best: "The Camino is what the church ought to be." Pilgrims being kind and helpful to each other. That was our experience anyway.
Coming back to the world it feels very dog eat dog. People cut each other off to get to a red light. Being rude and uncaring when it serves no purpose other than to encourage neurosis. The Camino is a peaceful place. It created a newer level of peace in me. The world races around me and I have no interest in participating in competition that goes nowhere. People who have no peace rise to power in a dysfunctional system...whether it's in a micro system or a macro system. My ego self feels really quiet and more than willing to allow what is to be.....where no one is actually being harmed.
Living out of a backpack and simply walking everyday did wonders. It's amazing how little we need to be happy in life (food, clothes, a place to sleep and friends) when we stop perpetually craving to be somewhere and someone else. Life only unfolds and gets lived now, here. My amazing wife and I are trying to figure out how to take this experience into the rest of our lives....how to encourage it and nurture it....share it.
I could go on..
I definitely plan to return, but as Tom Petty said, "the waiting is the hardest part."I know what you should do- go on another Camino
Your wife and I are on the same page!I'm on day three back at work from walking the Camino Frances. I feel a bit homesick. I could have lived that life indefinitely I think. I wasn't ready for it to be over, when it was over.
My wife said it best: "The Camino is what the church ought to be." Pilgrims being kind and helpful to each other. That was our experience anyway.
Coming back to the world it feels very dog eat dog. People cut each other off to get to a red light. Being rude and uncaring when it serves no purpose other than to encourage neurosis. The Camino is a peaceful place. It created a newer level of peace in me. The world races around me and I have no interest in participating in competition that goes nowhere. People who have no peace rise to power in a dysfunctional system...whether it's in a micro system or a macro system. My ego self feels really quiet and more than willing to allow what is to be.....where no one is actually being harmed.
Living out of a backpack and simply walking everyday did wonders. It's amazing how little we need to be happy in life (food, clothes, a place to sleep and friends) when we stop perpetually craving to be somewhere and someone else. Life only unfolds and gets lived now, here. My amazing wife and I are trying to figure out how to take this experience into the rest of our lives....how to encourage it and nurture it....share it.
I could go on..
Ohhhhh… I can soooo relate.I definitely plan to return, but as Tom Petty said, "the waiting is the hardest part."
I recommend two things: get in touch with a local Camino group if there is one; and go to a Bluegrass festival this summer. I am currently spending Friday night through Sunday camping next to my car, hobnobbing with my neighbors and listening to wonderful music played by amazing musicians. Nothing more! Very relaxing and off the grid.The way we live is up to each of us - and many parts of that rat race are completely optional. But because human beings are herd animals, it's a bit of a challenge to live differently than everyone around us. So learning to graciously say no is a wonderful skill, as is finding quiet ways to use spare time. Sometimes the biggest challenge is just getting more and more comfortable doing both of those things when the world around us isn't. But it's really OK to be yourself.
Doing is overrated in our culture.
Being is underrated.
The Camino is a being place. Home can be too, but it's not the usual habit. Not to mention that lots of people around us expect or want us to join in their doing habits.
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