Your 'why not' question is great.
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I plan to do my next camino at some speed (for me) next week but am wary of talking about it because of a common view that it may not be a 'proper' pilgrimage!.
I notice that wiki suggests a pilgrimage as 'a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience.'
For me my 'expanded meaning about self ' is a big thing. I used to be a 23 stone, lazy drunk on a path to self destruction. The fact that I am still alive and can walk the camino is a celebration of my journey thus far.
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Next week I may not be stopping to smell the roses or embrace the spiritual aspects that others may find on the road - but my pilgrimage is a confirmation that the spiritual awakening I was lucky to find 20 years ago was the right one and one that is worth holding on to .
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I plan to be walking camino on my 80 birthday and next week is a small part of my journey towards that greater pilgrimage of living a life of meaning and mobility.
Mick