Stephen Tran
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances June - July 18th, 2016
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To put it simply give yourself some time to reflect, let time give some wisdom.Hi everyone. If you read the thread title aloud it kind of rhymes. I walked the Camino Frances June 7th-July 17th. Wonderful experience, with wonderful people. But I've arrived at home with questions about my life, like what to do with it and where my purpose lies. As soon as I arrived home I knew I didn't want to go back to my job and I actually fell into a slump of procrastination and routine. This was when I realized the Camino has really changed my values, or perhaps defined my values even clearer.
There was also this girl, she was a bartender/waitress. I met her about 2 weeks in, and I never forgot about her. The attraction was obvious between us. I left her on a different continent, without getting her last name, without getting her number or any way to contact her. I have to be honest here, I've fantasized about going back to Spain just to see her at the restaurant she was working at, or sending her flowers from home. I picture what ifs but I'm thankful to have felt those feelings for her and to have had conversation with her. It's almost like she's a pure memory. Forever she lives in my mind at that certain moment in time, a muse for my heart and a name for my rhyme.
My apologies if this made you cringe and/or vomit, I just really had to express this somewhere. Ultreia my friends.
http://alibi.com/film/39145/Martin-Sheen-and-Emilio-Estevez.htmlThey claim that while filming, "The Way", Martin sheens Grandson met a waitress at a bar on the Camino that he later married
Stephen, I think that your poetic title and your restless heart reveal your hopeful romanticism. Map out a plan to save for a follow up trip to Spain focusing on the location where you met her. Set the date around the holidays or soonest you can take vacation. Set a decision date 3 weeks prior. Your heart will tell you what the decision should be. In the mean time let your creative self run free.Hi everyone. If you read the thread title aloud it kind of rhymes. I walked the Camino Frances June 7th-July 17th. Wonderful experience, with wonderful people. But I've arrived at home with questions about my life, like what to do with it and where my purpose lies. As soon as I arrived home I knew I didn't want to go back to my job and I actually fell into a slump of procrastination and routine. This was when I realized the Camino has really changed my values, or perhaps defined my values even clearer.
There was also this girl, she was a bartender/waitress. I met her about 2 weeks in, and I never forgot about her. The attraction was obvious between us. I left her on a different continent, without getting her last name, without getting her number or any way to contact her. I have to be honest here, I've fantasized about going back to Spain just to see her at the restaurant she was working at, or sending her flowers from home. I picture what ifs but I'm thankful to have felt those feelings for her and to have had conversation with her. It's almost like she's a pure memory. Forever she lives in my mind at that certain moment in time, a muse for my heart and a name for my rhyme.
My apologies if this made you cringe and/or vomit, I just really had to express this somewhere. Ultreia my friends.
Thanks so much for sharing!
The very best part of the Camino is having not responsibility for anything other than yourself, your laundry, a bed, and a meal. Do not confuse that with life! Making changes is a good thing, but be sure they are changes and not just a retreat from life. As an official old person, I can say that life is harder than I ever expected it to be.
And that is what I love about it. Well, that and dreams.
August 14, 1973, well before computers and the Internet, I met a beautiful French Canadian lady at a small pension in the outskirts of Athens, Greece. The attraction was strong but time was limited. Sadly she had to return to Montreal and her career. I did not get her address nor phone number, and continued on, at least for a while. Then, after months of trying to find her, long distance, I did. We have been married 40+ years. She cannot walk the Camino, but she met me in SdC when I completed mine last year and will join me again this November when I finish my second Camino.Hi everyone. If you read the thread title aloud it kind of rhymes. I walked the Camino Frances June 7th-July 17th. Wonderful experience, with wonderful people. But I've arrived at home with questions about my life, like what to do with it and where my purpose lies. As soon as I arrived home I knew I didn't want to go back to my job and I actually fell into a slump of procrastination and routine. This was when I realized the Camino has really changed my values, or perhaps defined my values even clearer.
There was also this girl, she was a bartender/waitress. I met her about 2 weeks in, and I never forgot about her. The attraction was obvious between us. I left her on a different continent, without getting her last name, without getting her number or any way to contact her. I have to be honest here, I've fantasized about going back to Spain just to see her at the restaurant she was working at, or sending her flowers from home. I picture what ifs but I'm thankful to have felt those feelings for her and to have had conversation with her. It's almost like she's a pure memory. Forever she lives in my mind at that certain moment in time, a muse for my heart and a name for my rhyme.
My apologies if this made you cringe and/or vomit, I just really had to express this somewhere. Ultreia my friends.
Wise words Falcon.
Though I have to say, 14 months on from since my first and most profound Camino, and 4 months on from this year's mini Camino, I am still struggling. Big time.
Being at work is a constant struggle. But I take your point that the danger can be a 'retreat from life'. But to be fair, maybe it's more a retreat from the life we have.......to a better one. One that we realise is there for the taking. That's the real challenge. Bringing the lessons and joys of the Camino, to your present and future life.
Not easy, but a journey and a change I am trying to make.
The Camino really should come with a Health Warning I think!
Undertaking this journey may cause you to question your life and true purpose, to the extent that you are no longer happy with what you have. In extreme cases, causing you to roam over North Western Spain annually like an Albatross that has lost it's way.
Sounds to me like you need to plan another Camino Stephen
@Robo
I think that a time of major life change is the ideal time to walk the camino. And you might as well be prepared for such a change, since it is likely to arrive as a result of your pilgrimage, whether you thought you were looking for it or not.
@RoboNot another mid life crisis!
I've had enough of them already
The Camino is not to be confused with life but Life happens on the Camino... perhaps it's the very simplicity of Walk, Eat, Sleep (Pray/Meditate) Repeat that gives us the space for light to get through to unexplored corners and forgotten dreams.The very best part of the Camino is having not responsibility for anything other than yourself, your laundry, a bed, and a meal. Do not confuse that with life! Making changes is a good thing, but be sure they are changes and not just a retreat from life. As an official old person, I can say that life is harder than I ever expected it to be.
And that is what I love about it. Well, that and dreams.
The Le Puy to Santiago camino Changed me in a way that I could never "recover" until today.Only one hope, come back and walk it again ! You want some time to think things over? Do the Le Puy or Vezlay Caminos. A sure fire cure!
My plan will be to have no plans and, I'll be praying to be able to come back and still move on with reality
Ultreia
Maybe the Camino is reality and going back to our "real" life is the illusion.
I quite understand Stephen on this. I have just made a list and realize that, in my time, I have fallen irretrievably for 3 bartenders, 4 waitresses, 2 receptionists, an olive-skinned doctoral student in canon law, a hairdresser, an Ecuardorian doctor, and two members of the Guardia Civil.
@Robo
Actually, I was thinking more of life stages: eg. after finishing university with no clear career to begin, or at retirement, when you don't know what to do with the rest of your life. But if you are addicted to mid life crises, don't let me discourage you.
Hey @JMac56 ... I know its a looong shot but, I'm currently living in Sao Paulo Brazil. Have you got any other information about Denese? Maybe.... just Maybe... Well, we never know... Through the association of the camino de santiago in BRazil, or even facebook...Hey Stephen, I know how you feel on both counts. I walked my second Camino, SJPdP to Finisterre, from April 4 to May 15 this year and I am sure my DNA has been modified irreversibly by the experience. Along the Way I met an extraordinary lady named Danese from São Paulo, Brazil. We met on April 14 at Belorado and walked together a bit over the next few days. Unfortunately I lost contact with her on the big elastic band that is the CF, and even more unfortunately did not exchange any contact details with her. I will definitely return to the Camino, most likely Porto to SdC via Muxia next year. Will I ever be able to contact Danese? Highly unlikely I guess, but if anyone out there on the Forum ran into her on the CF between early April and around May 9 I would love to pass on my contact details to her. Otherwise our meeting will remain a lovely Camino memory for me. Buen Camino.
Right on!Wise words Falcon.
Though I have to say, 14 months on from since my first and most profound Camino, and 4 months on from this year's mini Camino, I am still struggling. Big time.
Being at work is a constant struggle. But I take your point that the danger can be a 'retreat from life'. But to be fair, maybe it's more a retreat from the life we have.......to a better one. One that we realise is there for the taking. That's the real challenge. Bringing the lessons and joys of the Camino, to your present and future life.
Not easy, but a journey and a change I am trying to make.
The Camino really should come with a Health Warning I think!
Undertaking this journey may cause you to question your life and true purpose, to the extent that you are no longer happy with what you have. In extreme cases, causing you to roam over North Western Spain annually like an Albatross that has lost it's way.
Sounds to me like you need to plan another Camino Stephen
how utterly romantic and so lovely, buen Camino <3August 14, 1973, well before computers and the Internet, I met a beautiful French Canadian lady at a small pension in the outskirts of Athens, Greece. The attraction was strong but time was limited. Sadly she had to return to Montreal and her career. I did not get her address nor phone number, and continued on, at least for a while. Then, after months of trying to find her, long distance, I did. We have been married 40+ years. She cannot walk the Camino, but she met me in SdC when I completed mine last year and will join me again this November when I finish my second Camino.
Stephen, hola! I think it is a great gift to have had the wonderful and life changing experience of walking the Camino. With change comes a certain unrest, pain. When all that is familiar and safe gets shaken up, tossed out of the usual order that was your life, it is easy to cling to something else that 'feels' good. Time will only tell what is genuine and what only glimmers as gold. Allow yourself time to set a new course.Hi everyone. If you read the thread title aloud it kind of rhymes. I walked the Camino Frances June 7th-July 17th. Wonderful experience, with wonderful people. But I've arrived at home with questions about my life, like what to do with it and where my purpose lies. As soon as I arrived home I knew I didn't want to go back to my job and I actually fell into a slump of procrastination and routine. This was when I realized the Camino has really changed my values, or perhaps defined my values even clearer.
There was also this girl, she was a bartender/waitress. I met her about 2 weeks in, and I never forgot about her. The attraction was obvious between us. I left her on a different continent, without getting her last name, without getting her number or any way to contact her. I have to be honest here, I've fantasized about going back to Spain just to see her at the restaurant she was working at, or sending her flowers from home. I picture what ifs but I'm thankful to have felt those feelings for her and to have had conversation with her. It's almost like she's a pure memory. Forever she lives in my mind at that certain moment in time, a muse for my heart and a name for my rhyme.
My apologies if this made you cringe and/or vomit, I just really had to express this somewhere. Ultreia my friends.
August 14, 1973, well before computers and the Internet, I met a beautiful French Canadian lady at a small pension in the outskirts of Athens, Greece. The attraction was strong but time was limited. Sadly she had to return to Montreal and her career. I did not get her address nor phone number, and continued on, at least for a while. Then, after months of trying to find her, long distance, I did. We have been married 40+ years. She cannot walk the Camino, but she met me in SdC when I completed mine last year and will join me again this November when I finish my second Camino.
He did I stayed at the Albergue of her brother ... great albergue as wellThey claim that while filming, "The Way", Martin sheens Grandson met a waitress at a bar on the Camino that he later married
No that was very sweet, and for those of us who are single...we probably always wonder, where will be meet him or her...Flowers!!!Hi everyone. If you read the thread title aloud it kind of rhymes. I walked the Camino Frances June 7th-July 17th. Wonderful experience, with wonderful people. But I've arrived at home with questions about my life, like what to do with it and where my purpose lies. As soon as I arrived home I knew I didn't want to go back to my job and I actually fell into a slump of procrastination and routine. This was when I realized the Camino has really changed my values, or perhaps defined my values even clearer.
There was also this girl, she was a bartender/waitress. I met her about 2 weeks in, and I never forgot about her. The attraction was obvious between us. I left her on a different continent, without getting her last name, without getting her number or any way to contact her. I have to be honest here, I've fantasized about going back to Spain just to see her at the restaurant she was working at, or sending her flowers from home. I picture what ifs but I'm thankful to have felt those feelings for her and to have had conversation with her. It's almost like she's a pure memory. Forever she lives in my mind at that certain moment in time, a muse for my heart and a name for my rhyme.
My apologies if this made you cringe and/or vomit, I just really had to express this somewhere. Ultreia my friends.
A lot of money in international phone calls (I was on a ship stationed for 6 months in the Mediterranean) and a whole lot of luck. She was a young widow and I did not even have her correct last name. I did know where she had worked, Canadian Broadcasting, but without the right last name, it was a challenge. I took about two months of calling strangers and asking them if they knew the girl I was seeking. Finally one did. I hope Stephen is able to follow his dream, wherever it leads.Such a Sweet and Romantic Story. @Buz Radican , I hope you could tell us How did you find her! A great challenge in those days.
Best
They claim that while filming, "The Way", Martin sheens Grandson met a waitress at a bar on the Camino that he later married
OH MY, what a great story....for heavens sake...write a book!Such a Sweet and Romantic Story. @Buz Radican , I hope you could tell us How did you find her! A great challenge in those days.
Best
Hi everyone. If you read the thread title aloud it kind of rhymes. I walked the Camino Frances June 7th-July 17th. Wonderful experience, with wonderful people. But I've arrived at home with questions about my life, like what to do with it and where my purpose lies. As soon as I arrived home I knew I didn't want to go back to my job and I actually fell into a slump of procrastination and routine. This was when I realized the Camino has really changed my values, or perhaps defined my values even clearer.
There was also this girl, she was a bartender/waitress. I met her about 2 weeks in, and I never forgot about her. The attraction was obvious between us. I left her on a different continent, without getting her last name, without getting her number or any way to contact her. I have to be honest here, I've fantasized about going back to Spain just to see her at the restaurant she was working at, or sending her flowers from home. I picture what ifs but I'm thankful to have felt those feelings for her and to have had conversation with her. It's almost like she's a pure memory. Forever she lives in my mind at that certain moment in time, a muse for my heart and a name for my rhyme.
My apologies if this made you cringe and/or vomit, I just really had to express this somewhere. Ultreia my friends.
Hi everyone. If you read the thread title aloud it kind of rhymes. I walked the Camino Frances June 7th-July 17th. Wonderful experience, with wonderful people. But I've arrived at home with questions about my life, like what to do with it and where my purpose lies. As soon as I arrived home I knew I didn't want to go back to my job and I actually fell into a slump of procrastination and routine. This was when I realized the Camino has really changed my values, or perhaps defined my values even clearer.
There was also this girl, she was a bartender/waitress. I met her about 2 weeks in, and I never forgot about her. The attraction was obvious between us. I left her on a different continent, without getting her lausst name, without getting her number or any way to contact her. I have to be honest here, I've fantasized about going back to Spain just to see her at the restaurant she was working at, or sending her flowers from home. I picture what ifs but I'm thankful to have felt those feelings for her and to have had conversation with her. It's almost like she's a pure memory. Forever she lives in my mind at that certain moment in time, a muse for my heart and a name for my rhyme.
My apologies if this made you cringe and/or vomit, I just really had to express this somewhere. Ultreia my friends.
Hi StephenHi everyone. If you read the thread title aloud it kind of rhymes. I walked the Camino Frances June 7th-July 17th. Wonderful experience, with wonderful people. But I've arrived at home with questions about my life, like what to do with it and where my purpose lies. As soon as I arrived home I knew I didn't want to go back to my job and I actually fell into a slump of procrastination and routine. This was when I realized the Camino has really changed my values, or perhaps defined my values even clearer.
There was also this girl, she was a bartender/waitress. I met her about 2 weeks in, and I never forgot about her. The attraction was obvious between us. I left her on a different continent, without getting her last name, without getting her number or any way to contact her. I have to be honest here, I've fantasized about going back to Spain just to see her at the restaurant she was working at, or sending her flowers from home. I picture what ifs but I'm thankful to have felt those feelings for her and to have had conversation with her. It's almost like she's a pure memory. Forever she lives in my mind at that certain moment in time, a muse for my heart and a name for my rhyme.
My apologies if this made you cringe and/or vomit, I just really had to express this somewhere. Ultreia my friends.
Such a Sweet and Romantic Story. @Buz Radican , I hope you could tell us How did you find her! A great challenge in those days.
Best
Hey @JMac56 ... I know its a looong shot but, I'm currently living in Sao Paulo Brazil. Have you got any other information about Denese? Maybe.... just Maybe... Well, we never know... Through the association of the camino de santiago in BRazil, or even facebook...
Anyway, I wish you good luck!
Buen Camino!
Hi everyone. If you read the thread title aloud it kind of rhymes. I walked the Camino Frances June 7th-July 17th. Wonderful experience, with wonderful people. But I've arrived at home with questions about my life, like what to do with it and where my purpose lies. As soon as I arrived home I knew I didn't want to go back to my job and I actually fell into a slump of procrastination and routine. This was when I realized the Camino has really changed my values, or perhaps defined my values even clearer.
There was also this girl, she was a bartender/waitress. I met her about 2 weeks in, and I never forgot about her. The attraction was obvious between us. I left her on a different continent, without getting her last name, without getting her number or any way to contact her. I have to be honest here, I've fantasized about going back to Spain just to see her at the restaurant she was working at, or sending her flowers from home. I picture what ifs but I'm thankful to have felt those feelings for her and to have had conversation with her. It's almost like she's a pure memory. Forever she lives in my mind at that certain moment in time, a muse for my heart and a name for my rhyme.
My apologies if this made you cringe and/or vomit, I just really had to express this somewhere. Ultreia my friends.
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