{"id":71,"date":"2013-04-05T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gypsypilgrimjourney.wordpress.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2013-04-05T15:26:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T21:26:00","slug":"preparing-for-a-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2013\/04\/05\/preparing-for-a-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for a Return"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GR 65 somewhere in France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It\u2019s spring and thoughts are again turning to the camino <\/em>and that is a good thing. I have been reading, again, at the Camino Forum, to see what and who and when for others who have a shared passion for the camino. As usual, I have added my own two cents worth (or perhaps less) on a few topics of interest in the process, but even this is more about distraction than anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do I intend on returning to the Camino, the Chemin de Saint Jacques? Most definitely. There is only the question of when for me to answer. Until then, I must honour the route that I am currently following, an individual trail that unlike the red and white markers of the GR 65, is a trail that is unmarked by markings or by the footsteps of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learned a lesson walking the GR 65 \u2013 be present. When I walked, I was lost in other spaces and places within my head. If anything, I was using the Camino as an escape route from being present in my own life. I was hoping that the time and energy would take me away from my inner self and bring me peace in my world. Of course, that was a recipe for disaster. And so by Figeac, the Camino, in no uncertain terms, told me to go home and return only when I was truly ready for the long walk. I had to do some personal work involving following the unmarked trail before I would be ready to submit to following the marked trail of the Chemin de Saint Jacques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am getting there, getting closer to the time when I will be ready to put on the mantle of Camino pilgrim and be at one with the trail and those who walk it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buen Camino \u2013 Bon Chemin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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