Having just celebrated with my St. Rose High School, Class of '63, however, I know that all those preparations took a lot longer than the actual events themselves. The weekend that we were so looking forward to came and went - almost in a flash! It's already a pleasant memory.
Then I thought of the Camino. I'm giving it a whole year of preparations: increasing the distances in walking, getting used to walking with a backpack, reading books and studying maps, trying to make wise purchases, talking with my sister and niece (future Camino-buddies) and people who have made the pilgrimage.... and.... What if I never get to make it after all?! What if, after all those preparations, something happens and I/we don't go in the end?!!! Would it all have been a waste of time?
I think not. I regard this whole year as part of the journey/the pilgrimage, and found two quotations that express this perfectly:
The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are
ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination. –
Don Williams, Jr. (American Novelist and Poet)
Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not
in finishing an activity but in doing it. – Greg Anderson
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