To all those who have made the many declarations, posed the million questions and expressed concern for both my physical health and my mental state. I could never properly address you all.
" You are out of your mind." “Are you out of your mind?”
“ You can’t possibly do this!” “Please don’t do this ! ”
"Why are you doing this ?” " Seriously?, What makes you think you can do this?"
" I'll believe it when I see it"
" Go, ahead nothing would make me happier, prove me wrong"
" Your Dreaming!"
“ I have always wanted to do that" " I could never do it"
“ I hope you are writing this down”
“I want to read what you have written down ”
“ Do you think you could help me figure out how to do it? ”
" I want to come with you!" " I'm coming with you"
“You should write a Blog”
“ Please write a Blog!”
" I have never been prouder of anyone in my whole life"
" I see nothing bad coming out of this, I know you will be just fine"
" This will change your life, it already has."
" I have never been prouder of anyone in my whole life"
" I see nothing bad coming out of this, I know you will be just fine"
" This will change your life, it already has."
and then finally one of the last things I heard before I left ....
“You should have a camera crew go with you and document it”
So this Blog is for all of you, My Champions and my Challengers . And all my Challengers who became my Champions :)
….And for me because I want to remember and honour what got me here. I don’t want to forget any of this, not a single moment.
Much of what is in this Blog is actually what I transferred from my Journal that is specific to this pilgrimage. Some of it especially in regard to the “back story” is from old Journals and all manner of papers I have saved over the years. All of which has become the “Map back to myself.
I have included everything from Spiritual & Physical struggles to little things that I discovered worked or didn’t work for my packing and my training. Including many things I changed my mind on more than once. This is not a “Linear Blog” and some of it won’t even be in real time. For that I can make no apology because things are happening faster than I can write them down. Just know there will be no editor with me on this journey and certainly not on The Camino. M
ost of the time there will be no internet , there will most certainly be mis-spelled words questionable grammar , and an abundance of run on sentences with little time for punctuation , ( Sorry Cate!)
while I am Posting “On the fly” ( If I am lucky enough) ... I may also ,God forbid, repeat myself .
Not always being able to find my glasses won't help.
while I am Posting “On the fly” ( If I am lucky enough) ... I may also ,God forbid, repeat myself .
Not always being able to find my glasses won't help.
It is also likely that you might find I will have gone back and added things to various posts I have already written. Trust me I’m not doing this to mess with you. It will only be that I may suddenly remember or need to correct a date or timeline , add names worth noting , or some revelation I feel I’ve had. Some of it I may even have to correct when I get home. Who knows, I may not even be able to finish this till I get home.
Like this Blog I am a work in progress.
I would never say to anyone “ If I can do it You can do it” To me that is the height of Spiritual Arrogance” I don’t pretend to know what will work for anyone else. I do know that in reading about others experiences with their own Pilgrimages and specifically The Camino , it has helped me figure out ways to adapt to better to suit my own personal strengths and weaknesses. The stories have inspired me and informed me and challenged me and I am so very grateful to all those that have shared their journey.
Finally I am grateful to my mother who along with my father modeled a strong faith of their own, remaining curious, open, respectful and even inclusive to the basic truths and tenents of all faiths. They never once pretended to have all the answers, which allowed my siblings and I to keep asking questions.
Whether for you it is The Camino or Jerusalem, India, or Rome ,Mecca , Lourdes, or Graceland
I hope there will be one or two things here to help someone else along The Way.
I am in Competition with no one.
I run my own race. I have no
desire to play the game of being
better than anyone, in any way,
shape or form. I just aim to
improve, to be better than I was 4 Months and about 20 Days
before. That’s me and I’m free. Before beginning to Walk
The Camino also known as The Way of Saint James
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