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[QUOTE="Former member 104756, post: 1155064"] Love your post [USER=77691]@jungleboy[/USER]. I have clear memories of arriving in SdeC for the first time, in October 2011. I just took a look at my journal from that day. This is one paragraph. [I]‘There's no fanfare here. No finish line. People just walking in on their own, like me, or in pairs or groups. Some go in to the Cathedral or directly to the pilgrims' office to receive their Compostela or just wander around the plaza. But today, with the wind and rain, the plaza was almost deserted. It felt just right to me. If ever there was an experience that is all about the journey and not the destination - The Camino is it.’ [/I] Four days later, having walked on to Finisterre, then taken the bus back to SdeC, I wrote a long journal entry that ended with this paragraph. [I]‘Some 'pilgrims' say that walking the Camino changed them or changed their lives. I don't know if that is - or will be - true for me. I guess it's too early to say. But The Camino gives you many opportunities every day to give and receive kindness, compassion and laughter - and that's a gift - and it reminds you every day of life lessons you've already learned but have forgotten or 'misplaced'. One new lesson I learned is that I am much stronger - physically and emotionally - than I imagined. And most days I think The Camino brought out the best in me. So that's not a bad outcome, just for putting one foot in front of the other, taking one day at a time, one step at a time.[/I] Twelve years on, I feel the same way. 😎 [/QUOTE]
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