[Gocamino] planning foe June pilgimage

[Grant Spangler]

Man looks on the outside, but God looks on the heart. We are often simple 
creatures, and wish to self-validate. Some do it by insisting there is a 
'proper' way of peregrination. I have done the Route by foot a few times, 
and have been fortunate enough to forgo mechanized transport. This does not 
make me any more official Peregrino than one who needs to jump ahead a few 
days because of time constraints. Is a walker more of a pilgrim than a 
cyclist? Or one who spends six weeks walking instead of two? Que locura. It 
is the journey within which makes us the pilgrim. I will concede, the longer 
you walk, the more you can let go of the old, the more you can grab hold of 
the new. In physics, it's intensity times duration. See if you can go from 
Astorga to Santiago. If not, do the Sarria to Santiago Path in whatever time 
you can manage. Just walk. Be silent, loud, laugh, cry, curse, and pray. Go 
expecting. You will be the pilgim you are supposed to be.

Onward,

Grant

Grant Spangler
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