Out here there are people that really embrace the philosophy that's it's about the journey and not the destination. Typically they are the ones that leave the aubergue at no fixed time, that take the time to sit and have a coffee while eating breakfast and will gladly make long stops along the trail because they simply feel like it! These people have no stress about where they are going to sleep at night, how many km's they need to get in that day, or how much the day has cost them so far. These people are simply surrendering and trusting that their needs will be cared for and trying their best to live in the present moment.
On the other hand, there are the competitors who thrive on trying to get in as many km's as possible in a day and who want to be the first out the door in the morning, even if it means leaving in the middle of the night. For them, this experience isn't so much about the journey, but rather the final destination.
I think that if I wasn't consciously trying to surrender and move into a new season of my life that my competitive drive and nature would take over and I would foolishly become caught up in push to finish this hike as fast as possible; meaning that I would have missed out on some of the precious moments that I have lived in the past days. Take today for example, we are stopped in Burgos tonight, meaning that we really only did 20 km today and we achieved that by 1 pm. We easily could have gone on and many pilgrims did go on. But by stopping we got the opportunity to see the most beautiful cathedral and more importantly we got a chance to spend one last night with our two favourite people from the Faroe Islands, who sadly will be leaving us tomorrow.
Good-byes are tough and I hate them, but they are a part of life. I'm just blessed that we got to spend the last 10 days with them and that they have been apart of my journey!
- Buen Camino
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