Buen Camino!

 

a reflection from some of the thoughts I've collected on the Camino this week... 

Buen Camino!
Along the way—
we were just a few among many,
walking a path
marked with yellow arrows
by those who’ve gone before us,
  

Walking alongside those I love,
simply being—
not rushing, not proving,
just being surrounded by beauty 
and being with one another-
the art of “with-ing.”
That—was the gift.

Pilgrims and strangers
 sharing stories of connection—
and the ache of disconnection.
because we all—
we all contain multitudes.[1]

Reminiscing on the past,
dreaming toward the future,
but also—
learning to accept what is and
to be here—
now
rubbing the sponge of gratitude
over every last thing.[2]
  

For life—
life is but a day at most.[3]
And we—
we get to be here, 
and we are here for it.
Buen Camino. 

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[1] Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”
[2] Ross Gay, “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude”
[3] Robert Burns, “Written in Friars' Carse Hermitage”

a few favorite photos from our trip below: