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Has anyone else experienced this..............
.................or am I just being a chicken...............?
The Camino is pushing all your buttons.
It's time you pushed the button, too.
I've been dreaming of and planning for this camino for some time. I've searched flights, hostels, trains and buses until I could write a book. I feel like a professional hiking boot authority and REI is going to give me a sleeping bag so I can move in. lol. I have found flights that work but I'm having a really hard time pushing the button to purchase my flights. I want, maybe even need, to walk this camino but I have never been away from my family for so long. I keep going through the what if syndrome. What if something happens while I'm away, will the kids be ok? (they're 28, 26 and 22 lol.) Will my hubby starve to death etc... Has anyone else experienced this or am I just being a chicken...............?
Hi Karen,
If perchance you reach a ripe old age and you haven't walked a Camino, it could be the biggest regret of your life. And by then you may not physically be able to do it and it is too late. So just do it, and if on completion you did not like it, so what. You will have learned a valuable lesson about yourself.
I have been there as well. Most of my life I dreamed of sailing around the world, and bought a yacht suitable to do so. But at the last moment I lacked confidence in myself and never fulfilled my dream - to my lasting regret.
@whariwharangi I thought that the quote was "A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step". Lao Tse
Step...button, just semantics.
Thanks for the laugh! It is SO true. It is pushing all my buttons right now. And Karens buttons are surely pushed. For some months, I have known that I shall walk from mid-April next year. I just know I have to. The Camino is calling me back.
Karen, you have a completely legitimate concern. I had also, the first time, too. But now that I know what I am entering into, my threshold is lower. So, this thread has actually made me decide to order the flight for April now. Point of no return. And then, the planning becomes real, and your surroundings will also have to plan for your absense. And as many say: When you are there, you will enjoy your new life and insight into yourself, your life, your dearest, and your future, with your newly found insight into yourself. And when you get home, you may hear a faint calling, wanting you to return to your Camino life. And maybe, like me, you will go for it again
Jump!
And then, come back hareand share your new excitement with us
PS: Karen: Read your own signature line very carefully... DS.
If God spares me Alex I might meet you on that camino as I plan to do another to mark my 60th, hopefuly starting mid April 2014. Time will tell.
ABSOLUTELY! The thought that I would be setting an example of adventure and inspiring my teenaged sons by walking the Camino is what convinced me that I was doing the right thing! You ARE doing the right thing. Especially as a woman.You will be doing your family a favour.......when one empowers oneself.....one also allows others to be empowered......
OK Karen, you could always ask your hubby to press it for you! Or maybe he'd like to come with you?
I walked the Frances in Sept/Oct 09 after my retirement. My mother was elderly and I was concerned about her being alone, although my husband would be next door and would make sure that she was OK. When I expressed my concern she told me to go, that it was my journey and not to worry, even if something was to happen to keep going and not come home early. I was away for 7 weeks as I went to southern Spain after Santiago. It was the best decision, next to picking the absolute best partner in the world, that I have made. Planning to walk for my 65th birthday present to myself and dedicate it to my Mom, a world traveller, who passed away in 2011.
Thanks. I had not thought of doing that. In the fall of 09 I walked in memory of a younger sister who had died of breast cancer. Since my last walk I have lost a sister in law and a brother in law as well of my Mom. However my Mom was the real traveller so I will walk for her.Hello gailsie,
On your next walk, ask the oficina del peregrino to also put your mother's name in the compostela either in memory or in substitute. Just tell them you are dedicating this camino to your mother.
Buen camino and god bless.
Perfectly saidHello Karen,
It really does not matter what others experience; the fact that you experience it is enough. The Camino calls to many people and she does not give up calling. Her voice may become as quiet as the last echo, but it will reverberate without end until there is a response. Have no fear; many things will happen and you are not in charge; you are not the director of your life. What you are responsible for are your choices. Take things one step at a time and know that all things will work out for your good. Good things will happen and bad things will happen. You will laugh and you will cry. Most importantly, you will live and experience a new life. She has called you and it is time to respond. Do that today.
Buen Camino
Thanks. I had not thought of doing that. In the fall of 09 I walked in memory of a younger sister who had died of breast cancer. Since my last walk I have lost a sister in law and a brother in law as well of my Mom. However my Mom was the real traveller so I will walk for her.
I keep going through the what if syndrome. What if something happens while I'm away, will the kids be ok? (they're 28, 26 and 22 lol.) Will my hubby starve to death etc... Has anyone else experienced this or am I just being a chicken...............?
I can recognize all your fears.
But in the end what if....in all these cases you can take a plane and go home again!
My experience is that fears disappear while I have my feet on the ground on the camino and experience
But that's a big advance? You'll worry before pushing the button, and for sure you'll wory after too!I am such a chronic worrier! lol
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