Thinking of those who walk for less happy reasons

[Prentiss Riddle]

My Camino obsession has made me feel like a kindred spirit to anyone who undertakes a long walk, including those who do so out of desperation. So I have been very moved by Shannon Jensen's photos of the shoes of war refugees. Many of these people walked for 30 days, just about the length of the Francés.

http://www.shannon-jensen.com/#/1/

I hope I will remember these the next time I'm inclined to complain about my own blisters.

 

[annakappa]

Food for thought here! Thank you Prentiss Riddle, for posting this!

 

[Kanga]

Last night I watched a program about those desperately waiting in Calais hoping to get to the UK. One was a female doctor who had to flee because the local morality vigilantly squad came to the hospital with the intention of killing her (because she is female). She was not at the hospital at the time, so they killed all her patients instead.

But, relevantly to this thread, I felt so sad when I saw the children with outgrown shoes. They had to make do with their shoes cut open at the back, and their heels unprotected from the ground. Some had walked extraordinary distances like that.

 

[Anemone del Camino]

And many of those wearing such shoes are living just blocks away from us, keepimg warm on a subway went or entrance. Not only do they sipuffer from hunger, but from being outcasts and often mentaly ill.

 

[kelleymac]

Thank-you. Honestly, the shoes really brought their plight home to me.

 

[Hélène Cholette-Lacasse]

Thank you Prentiss Riddle for this human reality check!..All my aches and pains suddenly disappeared -)

 

[wawpdx]

Thank you for this sobering post.
It is humbling in the light of our "weigh the options" questions. I went to the link and saw that photo #2 is from a 70 year old.