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Why Walk the Camino? Where? When? With whom?
How the Camino can change your life: Personal experiences and expectations
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[QUOTE="lovelyshell, post: 1217826, member: 61850"] I concur with [USER=52787]@trecile[/USER], don’t go in with any expectations, just let the experience unfold. I know personal anecdotes can be annoying but here’s mine… On my first Camino, it was a year after my dad’s suicide and a few months after being laid off from a job by an abusive manager, I went to the Camino hoping for something to give me new direction or to change my life. That didn’t happen. I didn’t walk away with clarity, in fact I walked into Santiago alone (at my own insistence) and crying. I came home to California, and was confused and discouraged. But ultimately, I learned to appreciate the things I never expected to find on the Camino, like my friend John who I met in Orrison on night one. Who, I only walked with for two weeks, before he returned home to the UK. But it’s the most special friendship I’ve had in my life. When I told my mom and friends back in California about John, they all said “oh so he’s like a father figure, because of your dad”. And not once, while walking the Camino, or after, did I ever think of John as a father figure. Still don’t. He’s just a great person I got the priveledge of walking with. I would just say if you can live in the moment (cliche I know) and enjoy the simplicity of life on the Camino, you may see your life unfold in ways you might not have expected. It might not be the epiphany you want, but going in with no expectations is, in my opinion, the best way to walk the Camino. [/QUOTE]
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