Preparing for a Camino

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• Dec 4, 2017

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Everyone who comes to this Forum is on a quest, literally or metaphorically. Some take a long time gathering information, weighing up options, not to mention the load to be carried, while others are off in a flash.It is a Christian pilgrimage, although not all who follow the Camino have that as their motivation. For those who wish, I attach a photo of a great mystery that predates Christian searching, as the special preparation and waiting time of Advent in the Christian calendar begins. Whatever your Camino and your anticipation of it, I wish you wonder and silence to absorb the gift it will bring you. Buen Camino.

 

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• Dec 4, 2017

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Thank you @kirkie; lovely photograph and message.

 

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• Dec 4, 2017

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Lovely picture and message , thank you for sharing .

Wish you well , Peter .

 

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• Dec 4, 2017

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Beautiful post and thread, @kirkie. A special thank you for the reminder about silence. It's our collective 'planning time,' as many of us gestate the next camino - and it's easy to get so caught up in the planning part that it's impossible to quietly listen.

 

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• Dec 4, 2017

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@kirkie : Thank you! Heartwarming post.

 

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• Dec 5, 2017

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Kirkie,

Thank you for picture. Enjoy Advent. And, Merry Christmas!

 

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• Dec 5, 2017

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kirkie said:

Whatever your Camino and your anticipation of it, I wish you wonder and silence to absorb the gift it will bring you

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Beautifully written ,
We discovered the following;
1/The ancient Greeks loved to stroll as they philosophised , Step by Step you create a rhythm, its the rhythm of motion and motion is life
2/Asked hundred of times , "What goes inside your head" when walking
Oh Nothing and that is just about right.
3/A Pilgrimage is an entirely un - intellectual experience ,
and
All you need Kirkie , and as a Paddy you will understand , is the correct amount of rain.
A great post by you mate

 

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nycwalking said:

Kirkie,

Thank you for picture. Enjoy Advent. And, Merry Christmas!

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You too, nycwalking. I am about to have some quiet time as night turns into day, a time I love, letting my mind roam across the globe, wishing for the impossible: let down your arms. Impossible? This ‘season’ is about hope, so, ultreia!

 

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Thornley said:

Beautifully written ,
We discovered the following;
1/The ancient Greeks loved to stroll as they philosophised , Step by Step you create a rhythm, its the rhythm of motion and motion is life
2/Asked hundred of times , "What goes inside your head" when walking
Oh Nothing and that is just about right.
3/A Pilgrimage is an entirely un - intellectual experience ,
and
All you need Kirkie , and as a Paddy you will understand , is the correct amount of rain.
A great post by you mate

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Thanks, Thornley, glad it caught your fancy. I am geographically challenged by the way: yes, my grampa said his grampa was run out of Northern Ireland for sheep stealing, my own child and early adulthood was in the country of my birth and then I moved to Ireland, with the world as my oyster. What a lovely sound to that word!

 

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• Dec 5, 2017

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Lovely posts!!!
Enjoy Advent, too

 

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• Dec 5, 2017

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That silence...
Serendipity music...
Loudly mystically wonderfully...

 

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Thornley said:

Beautifully written ,
We discovered the following;
1/The ancient Greeks loved to stroll as they philosophised , Step by Step you create a rhythm, its the rhythm of motion and motion is life
2/Asked hundred of times , "What goes inside your head" when walking
Oh Nothing and that is just about right.
3/A Pilgrimage is an entirely un - intellectual experience ,
and
All you need Kirkie , and as a Paddy you will understand , is the correct amount of rain.
A great post by you mate

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And what's more, Thornley, when I finished my teacher training 1000 years ago, my original plan was to take a £10 "Assisted Passage" to Australia! but circumstances changed, so I just hopped across the water from Scotland to Ireland instead...

 

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• Dec 5, 2017

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kirkie said:

And what's more, Thornley, when I finished my teacher training 1000 years ago, my original plan was to take a £10 "Assisted Passage" to Australia! but circumstances changed, so I just hopped across the water from Scotland to Ireland instead...

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A familiar story Kirkie , the passage to Scotland , the mixture all those years ago got them over the line

We lobbed here in 1852 , unassisted with no criminal tags [ unfortunately ] and my great , great, great, great etc immediately began work for a wee Scot who [ 3 years to the day] gave him a horse , an axe and with love said , go and mark your own plot lad , thus on the Broken River the old bloke with the axe marked his property , my Grand son now a seventh generation madman.

But Kirkie for my "For a good Camino " you need the right amount of rain comment i might be wrong with you lass . I can picture you in the mist and drizzle in the early hours with a big smile as you commence your day in STJPP , hoping for similar the "next month"
I'm like that when we visit Thurles and/or Strathpeffer when visiting the oldies , a 24 hour flight to have a barbie in the drizzle