The Way is not always obviously marked. The pilgrim, traveler, or escapee must read the signs. Relying on sheer instinct or terror is an option. Trust who or what you want to follow and continue on the way ahead. Sometimes the path goes right or…. wrong. That is the adventure!
Finding A Way
The situation is hopeless. We must take the next step. – Pablo Casals
The trek was not as drastic as that but I used it to remember that it was not all bad even when it felt that way.
Here are some of the motivating thoughts, quotes and ideas that helped me to trust myself when I felt weak, afraid, or alone on my pilgrimage in Spain. Was I confident that I would make it to Santiago? Not always. I was motivated by the impending night, hunger, fear, and a desire to get there because I said I would.
To begin is no more agony than opening your hand. – June Jordan
How can I be who I am or who I want to be? I do it by channeling the journey of ancestors wanting to be free from slavery, oppression, and erasure. The act of doing something you want to – must do – is one of perseverance.
For all there is
I am accused of tending to the past
as if I made it,
as if I sculpted it
with my own hands. i did not,
this past was waiting for me
when i came,…
– Lucille Clifton
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What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.
– Lucille Clifton
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In the bigger scheme of things the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that’s a whole different thing.
– Lucille Clifton
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Tell the truth… maybe just to see clearly, as clearly as possible.
– Lucille Clifton
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The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. A second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. A first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. – A.A. Milne
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These are some of my favorites. I hope they help you trust your own Way on the camino or in life.
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Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, and a new love, a new country.
– Anaïs Nin
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Baadaye
Shirley J ♥️
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A post index for my pilgrimage is here: Noire Pilgrim.
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