while on the Camino

[Channing Thieme]

Russ, I had a near identical moment as yours while walking out of Astorga.
It was right after September 11th.  Literally out of the blue Bob Dylan's
song (popularized by Peter, Paul and Mary) from the 60's, "Blowin' In the
Wind" started playing over and over in my head  -  esp. the part about "How
many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see?".
It too brought out emotions I did not know were there and released the
tension and sorrow that I was harboring over the acts of the
errorists.  -And it made me all the more aware of the beauty and privilege
of walking the Camino.  The magic of the Camino has a lot to do with the
surprises, as much from the 'inner' trekking as the outer.

Channing

> ...During my first week on the Camino (last May), as I was slowly
aproaching one of the villages, all
> of a sudden the words started coming into my mind from a record (you
couldn't really call it a song)
> from the 1970s that I hadn't even thought about for over 20 years. It had
kids arguing with parents,
> neighbors with neighbors, etc. But the part that repeated over and over
was the phrase: "Things get
> a little easier - Once you understand." I'm not ashamed to admit it, I
started to cry and was
> grateful that I was walking alone at the time and no one could see me
crying. It just brought out
> emotions in me that I didn't even know I had.
>
> Ok, I'm done :-)
>
> Take care,
> Russ