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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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Mom -- here seen departing<br />

Logrono …<br />

―Life is a great big canvas, and<br />

you should throw all <strong>the</strong> paint you<br />

can on it.‖ ~ Danny Kaye<br />

Pilgrim-made crosses like <strong>the</strong>se<br />

adorned almost every fence we passed<br />

along <strong>the</strong> route. Archetypally, <strong>the</strong><br />

cross is quite <strong>the</strong> powerful symbol --<br />

representing <strong>the</strong> union of God, <strong>the</strong> self,<br />

and <strong>the</strong> Soul (along <strong>the</strong> vertical axis) that<br />

a person attains in every moment of<br />

raw gratitude (<strong>the</strong> left) felt during every<br />

act of joyful self-sacrifice (<strong>the</strong> right).<br />

―For <strong>the</strong> Master who has dedicated his life to Loving, opportunities to do so are<br />

always underfoot.‖ ~ anonymous<br />

Amidst a sea of pilgrim-made<br />

crosses, we found a lone circle —<br />

some would say <strong>the</strong> feminine within<br />

<strong>the</strong> masculine … I would say <strong>the</strong><br />

Divine that is felt all around us,<br />

within <strong>the</strong> Divine that is merely seen<br />

as ―above‖ or ―below‖.<br />

―My religion consists of a humble<br />

admiration of <strong>the</strong> illimitable superior<br />

spirit who reveals himself in <strong>the</strong><br />

slight details we are able to<br />

perceive.‖ ~ Albert Einstein<br />

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