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Like Life "If you set a goal for your life, no matter what pain u feel, u will reach it with Joy".

Walid Medawar

Member
Time of past OR future Camino
Camino Portuguese ( July 2015 )
Dear Pelegrinos and Pelegrinas ,

I made it . With Heart full of desire of Santiago and with a 7 Kilo Pack , I walked the distance with so much endurance and resilience.
Summarizing the Camino is best by comparing it to life: "If you set a goal for your life, no matter what pain u feel, u will reach it with Joy".
You learn that quitting something because of Physical Pain says a lot about your Lack of Faith. Have faith in your Road, Love it, Be it and you will reach your Goal. And in the End it is a road to reconcile with yourself .

My Camino Story was also different. I started my camino by walking in France one step on St James road toward Mount St Michel in France. It was the perfect start of My camino.

Did my bag Hurt me : "Only when I Thought of it" .Plus , I have taken all the precautions from cream to great socks to great boots , but yet i my only problems during the Camino was the Blisters , but yet , I was able to continue every day walking 25 KM with Blisters, reach my Albergue , get rest and start over again

Once again I would like to thanks everyone who participated with my previous Post before the camino. I couldn't understand Much of what you said till i saw my first arrow, till I met the first pilgrim , till I notice from far the Tip top of Santiago and smelled the Botafumeiro .
Am i a Better person now ? too soon to judge , but for sure I'm a better person when it come to Judging my Thoughts and be patient in my decisions. I feel the need to go back on the road , I feel the need to feep in Peace again .

My camino way might need more than this to write about , Hope one day i will be able to do it.

I just could end it with " I feel the need to go back on the road , I feel the need to feep that unique kind of peace again "


At the end one funny thing for me : the hardest thing for me after Santiago was leaving my wood stick which i collected on the road ,,, i felt so attached to it ...
 

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The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
Congratulations - You look very happy in that photo! I fully expect you will be back before long.

It is admirable to have faith, endurance and perseverance. But it is essential to understand your body and the pain, and not consider it a weakness of character to respect your physical limitations. Your words are quite inspiring, but I have a problem with the statement that "quitting something because of Physical Pain says a lot about your Lack of Faith." People should not consider that they have failed if they quit because of pain.
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
Hi, I am very happy for you that you arrived in Santiago. Again congratulations .
I wish you well, Peter.
 
but I have a problem with the statement that "quitting something because of Physical Pain says a lot about your Lack of Faith."
Indeed your Right and I'm not talking here about Injuries , since I do respect all those who had to drop due to Injuries. But I was using the term in General , to Emphasize the fact , that sometime , I used to quit things , just because I didn't have the will to finish it . But Thanks to the Camino , now I started to challenge myself to reach my Goals " and surely to certain limit of Physical capabilities ".
 
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