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9. Buen Camino


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There are only two words universal to This Road. They're Spanish, of course, but used by all pilgrims, no matter what country they come from or how many languages they speak.


"Buen Camino!" echoes in every town from the Pyrenees mountains to the sea at Finisterre.


In every cafe, hotel, church it is offer to or by any person with a backpack or a scallop shell hanging off a sleeve.


It's tempting to translate the phrase as "happy travels."


But the meaning is far deeper than that.

Buen Camino is a blessing; an acknowledgement of those seeking to walk the "good path."


In truth, I believe most of us, even when our efforts fail and we hurt ourselves and others, seek to walk the good path. We get diverted. We make wrong turns. We get muddy jumping in puddles. But if we keep walking in the direction of love, we are on the right road.


And so, Bien Camino!


Good Path


May the path

You are walking

Be open and wide

May it be clear

In the direction

It takes you

May you be clear

In the direction

You take it

May you rise

To the challenges

It offers you

May you be strong

In the hardships

You face

May you find rest

In its ease

May you be present

In every step


~ Cheryl Murfin, on the Camino de Santiago











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vandayoga
07 ene 2019

Mmmmmmmmm. Yum.

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