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I guess that you could call me a collector of inspiring quotes,
but long before that she shared this quoteLTfit said
I guess that you could call me a collector of inspiring quotes,
We must be the change we wish to see in the world - M. Gandhi
I came across this on "to bend light" by Adam Solvey... It's from a Jewish perspective if you Christians don't mind learning from other sources oy-vey!
Not unlike the traditional Irish blessing which I never fully appreciated until I walked my first solo camino:
"May the road rise up to meet you;
May the wind be always at your back;
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand."
Simple, succinct and full of good wishes / vibes/ positive energy / whatever you're having yourself!
Sending all of those things to people walking today, and to those preparing to walk on another day.
"there are no tourists on the Camino, just pilgrims who haven't found their way yet" 'Chico, volunteer hospitalero at Albergue St Nicolas de Flue, Ponferrada'.
I‘ll remember this next time I'm stuck on a train with a group of Leeds United hooligans. (I‘ll let them know about the copyright too.)My own.
"I am one, you are many, let us be friends, learn from each other, be at peace with each other and infect each other with kindness, patience and love".
Thinking about copyrighting that by the way.
"My body is broken, but my spirit soars. Please do not pray that my pain should end, rather pray that the others will look beyond the stagger in my walk and see the joy of God in my eyes."
What wonderful words!!! I'm inspired. Life is indeed to be lived. ExperiencedLoving this thread! Great idea
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
― Dr. Seuss
And my favorite...
“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey
This is a Swedish quot and I dont now if the translation becomes right.
"If you can be happy with little, you have a lot to be happy about"
I found this lovely forward to the book I'm reading:
I once saw a very beautiful picture. It was a landscape at evening. Through the landscape a road leads to a high mountain far far away. On the road walks a pilgrim. He has been walking for a good long while already and is very tired. And now he meets a woman, or a figure in black.
And the pilgrim asks her: Does the road go on then uphill all the way?
And the answer is: Yes, till the very end.
And he asks again: And will the journey take all day long?
And the answer is: From morn till night, my friend.
--From a letter by Vincent Van Gogh
"I arrived home from walking the Camino. There was a note on the refrigerator from my wife. It read: "It's just not working. I have left to stay with my mother." I opened the refrigerator, the light came on, and the beer was cold. I don't get it."
Anonymous
My Father was a man of few words, but when he spoke..I listened. Here's a favorite:
"If you are going to do something and you tell yourself...It's OK, if I don't get caught. Don't do it!"
"Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own".
Adam Lindsay Gordon, 1833 – 1870
This is from Miguel Hernández, a lovely peasant poet sentenced to death by the fascists, who died in Alicante prison in 1942, aged only 31:
Conozco bien los caminos,
Conozco bien los caminantes,
Del mar, del fuego, del sueño,
De la tierra, de los aires.
Y te conozco a ti
Que estás dentro de mi sangre.
I remember that stretch not because of neverending uphill but more of neverending going around that Lavacolla airport. And I would sing "Hairway to Steven" (by Butthole Surfers) instead...This is a lovely thread, and I'm grateful for all you have shared here. I had several 'mantra' quotes in key moments; and the one that sticks? "There's a lady who knows all that glitters is gold and she's buying the stairway to heaven". I must've sang that aloud twenty times on the never ending hill before I got to Lavacolla.
~~~ Here is one of my favorites on that very same topic:When it gets tough this Spanish proverb comes to my mind: "Poco a poco." (step by step)
But I guess every language has the same one
This year I have chosen two very solitary Caminos (de Madrid & de Invierno) and recently I came across this quote by Greta Garbo:
"I never said, I want to be alone. I only said, I want to be left alone. There is all the difference."
I love it. It's like people never understand, that I'm not lonely but only enjoying my consciously chosen solitude.
Loving this thread! Great idea
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
― Dr. Seuss
And my favorite...
“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey
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