Yes. Most thoughtful people are acutely aware of their failings, but don't let them overshadow their successes.
Look again at the title of this thread!
You overcame a lot on the camino and succeed! Sure it was hard. But not to give the struggle more power than it already has by dwelling on the places where you met limits. Backing down can often be wisdom.
Calling learning your limits 'failure'...
Oh, Hector ... I invite you to think about your so-called Failures from a different perspective: Like others, I'm not perfect, but my journey helped me see clearly some areas in which I need to do some work.
If someone completed the Camino...
I think way at the beginning of your walk I told you that you were too hard on yourself. In many ways we all fail at something so again don't be too hard. Think on what you have accomplished despite all your so-called shortcomings and the fails...
"For most repeat offenders posting in here, I think walking the Camino is more long-distance hiking as a hobby, or as a retirement plan (instead of sitting at home doing nothing), or as an ongoing health improvement strategy ; than as a...
For many, after having become an experienced pilgrim, as you now are, the solution may be a second Camino, based on the experience you now possess.
It may not seem obvious right now, but you have to let your newfound experience sink in for some...
One doesn't much encounter those types here on the forums, but one does come across them occasionally out on the Camino. Thing is, they're on the Camino so often that they wouldn't have the time to contribute to a discussion forum nor any other...
I used to say I had a reading addiction. If there was nothing else to read I would reread the back of a cereal box for the umpteenth time.
I think the key determiner about repeating something dysfunctionally is whether it is making your life...
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