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Since you are now humbled..I suggest you start in LePuy and walk 1600 km to make up for your earlier less than noble thoughts.
We have a saying in our part of the woods which covers your comment but I cannot use it on this site, but thanks for the suggestion. I would really love to do it and though I am past retirement age I still have a job which would not permit the 12-16 weeks required, but I will file it under perhaps.
It is only Rebakah, because I respect your wisdom, that I find your suggestion the most attractive, the lack of common charity amongst some of the other commentators leaves one aghast that they have claimed to have ever been on a pilgrimage and looked into their souls and seen the flaws in their own lives, tut tut tut.Walk from Lavacolla, picking up the litter all along the Way. That'll atone for all, and make you truly "clean-agrinos!"
It seemed to me that there was a bit of good-natured teasing, in line with the original post. I don't think anyone intended offense!the lack of common charity amongst some of the other commentators
.........the lack of common charity amongst some of the other commentators leaves one aghast that they have claimed to have ever been on a pilgrimage ........
As for being humbled, I always remind myself of these saying:
Make sure that your words are sweet, one day you might have to eat them!
And I have to confess that I had to eat them frequently, both the sweet and the not so sweet ones.SY
Believe me my tongue has been firmly in my cheek since I started this and I am really just trying out my new appleIt seemed to me that there was a bit of good-natured teasing, in line with the original post. I don't think anyone intended offense!
We have in our lives and careers walked very similar paths, but my wife loves the challenge every bit as much as me"Have you ever been humbled"
My chosen career path was one with a high risk of injury or death, 25 years in the Navy and 17 years in corrections. My wife of 40 years was always supportive and never once complained. On the day I retired she said to me "I worried that every time you left you would not come home". THAT was humbling.
Never be quick to judge others. Admitting to being humbled and why after walking in others shoes shows character. I hope we meet some day on the camino. Buen Camino
Happy Trails
I am very glad, I thought for a while there that I had offended you, which was never my intention.Believe me my tongue has been firmly in my cheek since I started this and I am really just trying out my new apple
Oh what I would give for a slice of humble pie....... I inevitably end up with crowOh, the sweet, sweet taste of humble pie! I've eaten PLENTY of that, too. Don't worry, we are all very human and very, very imperfect.
The image of tongue-in-cheek and an apple had me puzzled for a moment too!Believe me my tongue has been firmly in my cheek since I started this and I am really just trying out my new apple
With a mouth as large as mine it is quite amazing what I can get in there, I have on occasion managed my own feetThe image of tongue-in-cheek and an apple had me puzzled for a moment too!
Love this saying, never heard it before.As for being humbled, I always remind myself of these saying:
Make sure that your words are sweet, one day you might have to eat them!
And I have to confess that I had to eat them frequently, both the sweet and the not so sweet ones.SY
You mean we should stop trying to be the most humble?I sense there's a bit of competitiveness here, couched in 'tongue in cheek.
well, I've heard that truly repentant pilgrims do the walk with peas in their shoes. They might not be repentant when they start but I expect they very much are by the end of the first day.....
- Last year I started a thread about Cleanagrenos, those who start in Sarria. My reason was simple, after walking from St Jean we felt grubby and weather-beaten and seeing all those neatly clad pilgrims making their shorter journey filled us with angst. The only satisfaction we achieved was because we have walked that way twice and had, perhaps a slightly superior attitude. We had after all endured much in rain and sun, hills and valleys on our two Frances.
- Fast forward to this year. We were the Cleanagrenos, all that we could fit in, in a very packed year, and we really enjoyed it. We had decided to do it coming in to Autumn and it was lovely just like Mummy Bear's porridge it was not too hot, not too cold and we had no blisters, it was great and more of a holiday than a pilgrimage and we were clean.
- Until, that is Lavacola, yes I said Lavacola, It had been raining a bit for two days, but if you come from Northern Ireland you are very used to rain, wrong! The rain came down and the floods came up, so did the manhole covers as they blew with the pressure of the rain, we were walking in two to three inches of water it was up to our ankles. So a decision had to be taken, it was dangerous on all sorts of levels and a taxi was called from the coffee shop, by a wonderful owner.
- There is one good thing though, we will have to fly back to Santiago and finish it very humbly, any suggestions were we should start?
I have never considered keeping my food in my shoes....well, I've heard that truly repentant pilgrims do the walk with peas in their shoes. They might not be repentant when they start but I expect they very much are by the end of the first day.....
Perhaps they could not wait for the next tree to dash behind!I have never considered keeping my food in my shoes....
Perhaps they could not wait for the next tree to dash behind!
Okay, I've been hoping someone would ask for clarification. So, now I am ......... Please!Perhaps they could not wait for the next tree to dash behind!
Okay, I've been hoping someone would ask for clarification. So, now I am ......... Please!
It's a play on words, using the homonyms "pea" and "pee".
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