Peachy
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2013 July/ august
After witnessing an act of what to me was cruelty, uncalled for, and came on the tail of some really great personal insights in which i had allready decided its fine if i choose to leave some time,
life is a camino itself after all.
but I've been struggling with not speaking spanish and feeling as if i was losing confidence along with a 'voice', I didnt have time to learn as this was a spontaneous decision, the camino, i allmost felt called to do it.
today i was walking along and had this beautiful experience of a little creature wander onto my path, it intrigued me, so i took my pack off and knelt in the dust to look closer,,.a tiny lobster, obviously a river one?..and it had a damaged tail, ..i communed with it a little and admired its form and it waved its little claws up in the air at me and came towards me, ..i filmed it for a moment.
then, a woman,..german i believe, came along and she hit it with her hiking pole, not once, several times..into the scrub,..i would have happily picked it up and moved it carefully if it was deemed so offensive.
but to whack a injured small creature? and after seeing a person obviously caring for it?
i felt really angry as to me how you treat a small thing is reflective of how you treat big things, people, the world at large.
it really was like a kick in the guts as i've been really struggling the last few days, and this was a beautiful moment for me, ..it made me question alot about even continuing
anyway, walked 29 kms today and feeling really happy, so continuing for now.
http://youtu.be/OwFHC0wWqi8
I guess i relate to the lobster as i know what it's like to be injured and thrown aside,..after a major spinal injury i feel happy i have averaged 24 kms per day the last ten days, and navigated a new country so far from home.
life is a camino itself after all.
but I've been struggling with not speaking spanish and feeling as if i was losing confidence along with a 'voice', I didnt have time to learn as this was a spontaneous decision, the camino, i allmost felt called to do it.
today i was walking along and had this beautiful experience of a little creature wander onto my path, it intrigued me, so i took my pack off and knelt in the dust to look closer,,.a tiny lobster, obviously a river one?..and it had a damaged tail, ..i communed with it a little and admired its form and it waved its little claws up in the air at me and came towards me, ..i filmed it for a moment.
then, a woman,..german i believe, came along and she hit it with her hiking pole, not once, several times..into the scrub,..i would have happily picked it up and moved it carefully if it was deemed so offensive.
but to whack a injured small creature? and after seeing a person obviously caring for it?
i felt really angry as to me how you treat a small thing is reflective of how you treat big things, people, the world at large.
it really was like a kick in the guts as i've been really struggling the last few days, and this was a beautiful moment for me, ..it made me question alot about even continuing
anyway, walked 29 kms today and feeling really happy, so continuing for now.
http://youtu.be/OwFHC0wWqi8
I guess i relate to the lobster as i know what it's like to be injured and thrown aside,..after a major spinal injury i feel happy i have averaged 24 kms per day the last ten days, and navigated a new country so far from home.