Five Minute Friday: Embrace
The Pilgrimage Starts at Your Front Door
Embrace the adventure
Embrace the adventure
Embrace the set back
Embrace the detour
Embrace the shortcut
They are both an illusion
The pilgrimage and all its lessons
Began with the whisper of a barely audible
Yes
Make a schedule
Go ahead it is a useful discipline
But if you don't
Embrace that too
Learning trust, interdependency and faith
Will just take another shape.
Embrace the delays, the disappointments
Embrace the checklists, the maps, the books
Just hold them lightly
Don't squeeze too tightly
There is a chance
Almost certainly you will discover
The journey you prepared for
was never yours to make.
Profound. I love the way you straddle the dichotomy of the ways we comfort ourselves against the unknown - preparing and procrastinating. Such a great poem!
ReplyDeleteThank you Emma for your thoughtful comment! I have been exhausted and sick all week and have not been able to train. The thought of walking for six hours a day is feeling incredibly daunting. It is becoming more and more apparent God is in control of this pilgrimage no matter what I bring to the table...really its a metaphor for life in general isn't it?
ReplyDeleteWhen are you doing the Camino? I've heard it's amazing (and hard!) Sorry to hear of your setbacks. I love that you're writing them out and I hope the process brings perspective for the journey. Blessings! In spot #49.
ReplyDeleteHi Christina, I'm completed the Camino this July and it was hard, but amazing! I'm continuing to re-live it and mine it for lessons here on the blog this fall. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteThis was exactly my Camino experience. I seriously marvel at how beautiful this poetry communicates. Truly inspired.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Having completed the journey it now feels a little prophetic, like I had the answers all along, I just had to make the pilgrimage to believe it.
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