JenD
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Planning on June 2017
Yesterday I had my monthly meeting with my spiritual director. I told her that I had booked my flight for the Camino for this coming June. She then asked me "why are you doing it" (walking the camino). I could not come up with an answer right away because I have not spent enough time really pondering that question. She again asked "why are you doing it?" and I mumbled something like "to figure out what's next in my life" blah, blah, blah. The question has been on my mind ever since our conversation yesterday and I have realized that I must devote most of my preparation to be towards a spiritual end. From reading the accounts of others, whether here on the forum or from books I have read, I realize that one cannot set expectations for what will happen on the Camino in any psychological or spiritual way. One must be open to what the Camino will provide. At the same time I feel I need to approach this experience in a prayerful way - and my experience has begun, my Camino has begun here at home. I have decided that any reading I do will be along these lines. I think I have read enough about blisters, wicking underwear, and the like. I'm curious what others think, not so that I can do what you have done but just as a means of starting a conversation.
Buen Camino and God Bless!
Jen
Buen Camino and God Bless!
Jen