William Garza
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances, The Jakobsweg
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Recent posts have brought up my Muse's curiosity..
Ohh Oh..
Fernweh (n.)
Origin: German
Crave for travel; “farsickness”; being homesick for a place you’ve never been
Good Lord..finally a name for my affliction!..or is it?
Sehnsucht (n.)
Origin: German
“The inconsolable longing in the human heart for we know not what”; a yearning for a far, familiar, non-earthly land one can identify as one’s home.
Maybe its this?
Or...
Yūgen (n.)
Origin: Japan
An awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and mysterious for words
Which, often in me..leads to
Commuovere (v.)
Origin: Italian
To stir, to touch, to move to tears..
Well..Ime getting closer to ..A truth..
Whoch has led me to this..
Eleutheromania (n.)
Origin: Greek
An intense and irresistible desire for freedom.
This is a small part of a vast gulf in between the small hours of the morning and understanding the Call to Santiago.
There are many words.
But one irresitable pull East.
Sorry for the dictionary format..
Ive grown tired and my mind is reluctant to the task.
But for whatever reason
Or none..that draws you to Santiago de Compostella.
Do not be afraid
No Road leads nowhere
All Roads lead to Santiago.
References quoted without permission.
For i am a scoundrel..
Kidding, here is the Website.
https://roamandreason.com/2014/04/11/25-words-of-different-languages-youll-wish-we-had-in-english/
Be Blessed Pilgrim
I will remind myself of this when certain gremlins lurking about in my head start to tell me I shouldn't be doing thisNo Road leads nowhere
Just around that bend..I will remind myself of this when certain gremlins lurking about in my head start to tell me I shouldn't be doing this
...am trying but sometimes the little buggers are fierce!Tell the gremlins to b..... off! ;-) Buen Camino, SY
My wanderlust..
I was up and walking before 9 months.
I remember my little williehood as earing my toes
Rolling over.
Doing a peculiar little arched back on the carpet..then a need to get up from all four legs..its rumored i skipped a step.
Then with my long suffering German Shepard as my guardian Angel..
I left home.
About 2 and a half feet tall of curiosity.
The whole neighborhood just about had a heart attack...
Lol...
I was perfectly ok..my poochie would be my shepard,
Whats over..There
Whats behind...That
The high wild empty places call like bacon to me..kidding.
What is it to walk on that gravel
Smell, that grass
Hear "The Gael" and want to be in the wind on high and mighty crags.
To hear the Portuguese Fado and to be in a smokey bar and watching a person sing with all their being...
To walk with the Pilgrim out upon the Way..
To be free..yet
Captured by an emotion
A mear..idea.
To let go
There is something to the nature of letting go.
Fear, angst,anxiety
A lancing of a soul, to let loose the toxic and let good bye happen.
There is No Good in goodbye
Yet..
There can be if you so desire.
Just..bye your leave?
Leave it on the Way.
Ime sure there are millions of "Good" byes left by the wayside.
I am familiar with the instinct to move.
Some days too big in my skin
Others...trapped.
Yet always moving forward.
Ultrea
that is such a cute pic!!
How's the foot, Angie? I've been wondering if you've been able to get the PF under control. I about took a face plant today while out for a training walk. I have always had quick reflexes and was able to get my feet under me without falling. All I could think of was that I was going to smash my knee on the step edge. That might have ended my trip. I'm off in 1 week. I am having trouble sleeping. Today I told my husband that If I died in Spain, to have me cremated and bring me home and not to scatter me across Spain like in the movie. He had a good laugh.I will remind myself of this when certain gremlins lurking about in my head start to tell me I shouldn't be doing this
I didnt know what the fuss was all about?Dear Kindred Soul
Aaahhh... that familiar instinct to move regardless... the ephemeral moment caught briefly in another beautiful poem...
Wonderful to know that we both had genuine guardian shepherds (though my pram dog was classified as an Alsatian post war) and that we sparked our first search and rescues so early in our childhoods.
This is me on a 5 bar gate when mum was still trying her hardest to turn me into a young lady. My brother is crying because there are pigs and a bull in the field that leads to town - the farmer's concession to the rambling laws.
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...am trying but sometimes the little buggers are fierce!
but I am gonna just do like everyone says and take it easy. Many, many people have done this and I am just one of thousands...
How's the foot, Angie? I've been wondering if you've been able to get the PF under control. I about took a face plant today while out for a training walk. I have always had quick reflexes and was able to get my feet under me without falling. All I could think of was that I was going to smash my knee on the step edge. That might have ended my trip. I'm off in 1 week. I am having trouble sleeping. Today I told my husband that If I died in Spain, to have me cremated and bring me home and not to scatter me across Spain like in the movie. He had a good laugh.
I didnt know what the fuss was all about?
I was her pup!
We lived in a semi rural area.
I got under the horses one day
Well..everyone freaked out
Which freaked the horses out
Which freaked everyone..
You get the picture.
I was ok
The horses..Noble beast that they are, were careful not to step on me.
Only after i was away did they run!
I think being Storm Born has something to do with my wanting to see
Whats there
And..once there to sniff the air
Off with the hat and feel.."that" sun
Taste, "that" rain
Feel"that" wind
I dont have an Eidetic memory.
But i remember sensations.
The Camino will see me hopping up and down..not sleeping
So much to see
To do...
Hurrican Born
Ohh Pilgrim
It is a lovely and mysterious geasa i am under.
I
Wander.
I have a fierce longing to be out in the wild winds
To feel the angry oceans roar
To stand among the Bolts as they fall.
To hear the deserts breath
The ice, tickle contentedly as it fits into the cold and damp.
Bare feet on fallen leaves...
The trees speak of us
They touch fingered limb
They wave brilliant leaf
At our coming
Do you hear them in passing Pilgrim?
Countless words..aye
Verily beyond measure!
In sheltered alleys lean"ed over
And quiet passages among the worlds of our lives.
Santiago knew of these pillars of eternity
They..passed on his name in the winds
Do you hear Pilgrim?
Mesetas grasses wave
Rubbing countless fingers
The sign language of the plains.
They whisper of you to the clouds
Do You Hear Pilgrim...
I started a new thread so as not to hijack this one...thanks for asking!How's the foot, Angie? I've been wondering if you've been able to get the PF under control.
I haven't been following your writings for too long as I am fairly new, but thus far this one is my favorite.Hurrican Born
Ohh Pilgrim
It is a lovely and mysterious geasa i am under.
I
Wander.
I have a fierce longing to be out in the wild winds
To feel the angry oceans roar
To stand among the Bolts as they fall.
To hear the deserts breath
The ice, tickle contentedly as it fits into the cold and damp.
Bare feet on fallen leaves...
The trees speak of us
They touch fingered limb
They wave brilliant leaf
At our coming
Do you hear them in passing Pilgrim?
Countless words..aye
Verily beyond measure!
In sheltered alleys lean"ed over
And quiet passages among the worlds of our lives.
Santiago knew of these pillars of eternity
They..passed on his name in the winds
Do you hear Pilgrim?
Mesetas grasses wave
Rubbing countless fingers
The sign language of the plains.
They whisper of you to the clouds
Do You Hear Pilgrim...
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