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Walking the Camino's Way

Images & recollections from the 40 day, 555 mile pilgrimage I walked along the Camino de Santiago in the Fall of 2008 ...

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And here are ―The singing Norwegians‖ … We met <strong>the</strong>se ladies many times<br />

during <strong>the</strong> first few weeks of our Camino trek. Every morning <strong>the</strong>y had a ritual<br />

where <strong>the</strong>y would ga<strong>the</strong>r on <strong>the</strong> Path at sunrise and welcome <strong>the</strong> Sun into <strong>the</strong> day –<br />

truly beautiful stuff!<br />

―We are shaped by<br />

our thoughts; we<br />

become what we think.<br />

When <strong>the</strong> mind is pure,<br />

joy follows like a soft<br />

shadow that never<br />

wavers.‖ ~ G. Buddha<br />

And here once more is Minsu – a pilgrim from<br />

South Korea who, a bit like me, was<br />

accompanying her mo<strong>the</strong>r along <strong>the</strong> Camino.<br />

―Life is about giving, and <strong>the</strong> rest is taken care<br />

of.‖ ~ Peter Cajander<br />

―There is no hope for <strong>the</strong> person who<br />

struggles to obtain a virtue in <strong>the</strong> abstract.<br />

Everybody has an instinctive desire to<br />

good things and avoid evil ones. But that<br />

desire is sterile as long as we have no<br />

direct experience of how it feels to be<br />

Good.‖ ~ Thomas Merton<br />

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