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Interesting how that changes to the CaminoWhen one's wife knows she will have to walk the Camino with you so she will know where to scatter your ashes when the time comes.
Some parts will be a bit more fertile, maybe!Interesting how that changes to the Camino
When your coworkers ask why are you in your hiking clothes instead of you work uniform.
I didn't want to walk the Camino and get home and all I could say is I walked x amount of Km as I could do that at home but I wanted my pilgrimage to be one of reflection and of connection to God, and as a result it was just that and much more as it became the releasing of burdens and making new friends and learning to laugh again it was about seeing and learning the reality of history ; in Canada we don't have 1000 year old walls or houses or even a 1000 year old history so it was wonderful to see the monuments of faith of those who had traveled that same path so very long ago I truly was in awe it was beyond anything I could imagine and ...I am so thankful God gave me the opportunity to go , to Spain for having me and to the Camino for letting me step where so many greater than I have walked beforeI have a friend who walks thousands of miles at a time, she identifies herself as a long walker. I have at times spent 25 days +walking just to fulfill a need to break from the congestion of life, but I don't consider myself a pilgrim when I walk for 300 miles to deal with our societies ills. There are reasons I've walked the various routes of the Camino and they have been for spiritual reasons. I have walked the 92 km of the Croagh Patrick pilgrimage because of the need to reconnect with my God and contemplate my sins.
Pilgrimage to me is different than long walking. However both can be fulfilling.
Having walked the Camino Frances already twice in 2015 you find yourself (sleepless some night) booking flights and travel to Burgos in January 2016 to walk across the meseta in winter and in all the commercial madness of Christmas in the UK this is all you can think about...
- You put cream on your feet before you take care of your face.
- You cut off all labels in your clothes, even in those that will never see the inside of a backpack.
- You sometimes sleep at home in your sleeping bag, just out of Camino nostalgia.
- You automatically reach for your Credential when asked for a passport.
- You think of the money in your saving account only in terms of 'Camino Kilometers'.
- You get an invitation to a posh event and you realise that you only own hiking boots/shoes and sandals.
Uhh Ohh..
- the weather app on your computer/tablet shows simultaneously the current weather in your home town and the weather at your next Camino starting point.
- you are far more interested in the later ...
When you have camino towns on your weather app and check the weather in Pamplona, Leon, Salamanca, Oviedo And Santiago before you check the weather at home.
and you watch the aemet weather forecast
- the weather app on your computer/tablet shows simultaneously the current weather in your home town and the weather at your next Camino starting point.
- you are far more interested in the later ...
... I'm feeling sad today.
When you know you have to practice trying to live each moment one at a time, for the rest of your life.
Thank you so much for your latest work as a reply to my post I really appreciated it. Dear William you ask me in your reply, “Did you not leave something on the Camino? “ . As i thought how to possibly answer this question, your wonderful way of putting things into words occurred to me to be the appropriate one . Forgive me for the lack of poetic craft, but I do believe it says what I wanted to say and in the best medium. Gassho’s to the master!Practice..in time
Becomes habit
Becomes,
Who you are
Your... definition.
It becomes your Way.
Because if the ineffable,indellable mark and trait the Camino has left on your character.
Which after all,
Character..is a window into your soul.
A gift from the Camino you say...
Did you not leave something on the Camino?
Me too...second the hug from SYYou know that you are a pilgrim if/when ...
You really aren't bothered that you get the same Compostela that other pilgrims do, even though they "only" walked 1,000km, 780km, 300km or 100km.
I'm feeling sad today.
Or not.When you bring Camino situations and examples to every conversation ... and they are always relevant.
MaggieWhen you think about walking a Camino rather than attending a health farm to get into shape for your daughter's upcoming wedding.
that is awesome...View attachment 30706
When seeing this walking along the Waterfront in Hoboken / Jersey City NJ and a smile comes to your face and a tear comes to your eye.
I like that Doug,When one's wife knows she will have to walk the Camino with you so she will know where to scatter your ashes when the time comes.
How about if you become happy every time you see a scallop shell on a backpack?You know you are a pilgrim if you become mad every time you see a scallop shell on a backpack.
I know this feeling. My love had only two days to go for cancer review and the hope we could get on with managing ( eh?) LIFE when down she goes with COVID and bang goes the plans again! Now another wait for another review. Both gutted but planning again out of sheer bloody minded obstinacy, the kind that gets you to that tree on the horizon where you can rest your sanctified arse.I'm glad to hear that things are moving in the right direction for you, Margaret. I hope that those imaginings sustain and motivate you as your body recovers from the tumble.
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