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MThe "providing" will not always be material. Sometimes an idea or insight will grow while you're desparate. But first: have a "plan B" at hand, before trusting in the saying.
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MOn the other hand, I think one element of the transformative Camino experience is learning how good it feels to be generous to strangers. But. Not. Every. Single. One. or Every. Single. Day.
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MI get where you are coming from, in many respects I feel the same way. Being that we are all different, the way we approach the Camino varies quite a bit. I tend to be more of a planner, trying to inform myself since I’m a newbie, a bit older, as...
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MI was frequently the provider, and while I didn't mind I was always surprised at the lack of planning of some peregrinos. Water, cheese, bananas, and nuts handed out to people who didn't have and needed something now. How can you not think to...
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MI wrote something like this in another thread and deleted it because I didn't want to be accused of being meanspirited. But i like a nice moan and fortunately someone quoted it so here it is. === ... were the same ones who arrived to...
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MI hear you. To be fair though, people often say the Camino provides when they have been helped out of a jam rather than something you can rely on for the future, but it irks me that this help can be taken for granted when it is the kindness and...
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MI agree and disagree. I wouldnt expect someone to bring me a lost item, but I think it does happen that people are reunited with lost things from time to time due to the kindness of strangers (even in everyday life). I think people post queries...
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MOr do you prefer Cromwell's attitude? Put your trust in God and keep your powder dry. I am starting to get tired of the attitude that it isn't necessary to take reasonable care and thought, because somehow there is this warm, fluffy, and...
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MMarieJ2024 reacted to Peterexpatkiwi's post in the thread LIVE from the Camino SJPP TODAY May 2, 2024 with
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So in other words anyone who arrived after that time was turned away. (I appreciate they don't literally do that, they assist them to at least get a taxi elsewhere, but basically, they do not have a bed in Roncesvalles.) Not what a tired, even... -
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We are in SJPP today While we were standing in line today, one of my pilgrims met 3 people from Taiwan, who could not find a bed. He said he also saw several people on their phones, frantically searching for beds. We saw many signs that said...
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