tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154975296359333990.post7600954603893292542..comments2023-08-27T14:02:48.227+01:00Comments on Camino to Santiago de Compostela Information and stories about the pilgrimage routes to Santiago.: Where faith and doubt uniteJohnnie Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08079824423324888232noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154975296359333990.post-6436538955978034322010-10-02T02:25:30.909+01:002010-10-02T02:25:30.909+01:00So interesting, John, you take us to places we bar...So interesting, John, you take us to places we barely dare go.<br />I do that calling to 'god' in a crises, even if my beliefs have changed and the word 'god' now equates more with 'life force'.. . . . I sometimes wonder if it's old habits, or maybe, as you say, something more basic inside each of us. Another thought . . . we are really calling on the 'god' (or force) within ourselves, rallying the power in our hidden depths.<br /><br />I'm no intellectual, but I do know there's a link here with the camino and pilgrimage. When we go on these long pilgrimages we take ourselves out of our comfort zones, call on inner and physical strengths, achieve the (previously thought) impossible and grow spiritually. Maybe pilgrimage is so rewarding and necessary, because it reacquaints us with ourselves, with meaningfulness, purpose, perspective . . . . and many more big words!CaroleHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912659072946066814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154975296359333990.post-33279264946778079932010-09-28T10:04:12.882+01:002010-09-28T10:04:12.882+01:00I walked quite a bit with a woman from Quebec who ...I walked quite a bit with a woman from Quebec who was carrying medals for a friend back home who was dying. She prayed for her friend often, sang sometimes in churches for her, and finally placed the medals at the tomb of the Saint. She knew her friend was not going to get better, but there was faith that her last days could be strengthened with the help of a mystical communion. I guess that was a QuebeƧois sort of promesa.Kiwi Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351034705766073667noreply@blogger.com