Walking the Camino's Way

Leaving Leon …
October 15, 2008 … Reuniting with the ONE
―Does true Love need to survive
prolonged separation? Of course
not! Love doesn‘t recognize
‗absence‘ of any kind. For the true
Lover, the Beloved is always nearby,
whether holding her hand or walking
from him many miles apart.‖
~ anonymous
I reunited with Mom this morning … I had just left Leon and was walking
joyfully into the day, thinking that I could maybe catch up to her in a few days, when
I heard her calling to me from above – which was quite the bizarre feeling, that, let
me assure you! … Anyway, she had stopped yesterday at a hotel just outside of Leon
and felt that she would simply wait for me to flow past. It really is a minor miracle
that she saw me, as we were in a pretty busy section of town, with lots of folks
milling about, and if she hadn‘t been looking for me at
that moment, I would have walked right past her … Of
course, as anyone who has walked the Camino can
attest, the Way is connected by a loosely forged chain
of such ―minor miracles‖ … These pictures are of the
altar of the church across the street from her hotel.
―When both the dust of the Camino and the trials of
life stick to our soles [and our Souls], Star of
Compostella, will you show us how to Love again?‖
~ anonymous
―Lovers always Love anyway. It is the mere
privilege to powerfully Care that is priceless to
the one who truly Loves; not the experience of
Love itself.‖ ~ anonymous
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