Day 26 - Be present

“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.—-Bill Watterson

As mentioned I have purposely timed my last week to allow me to take a very leisurely pace, walking 7-10 miles a day. I take lots of breaks to take photos or to just sit and enjoy the views. I am still struck by the people who are rushing through the Camino and missing all the beauty.

The other day, I asked a fellow pilgrim, Sylvia from Germany (the one who decided to leave her friends and go slower because she was missing the experience) if she knew what a lemming was which she did. I told her as I watched large groups of pilgrims racing up and down the path ignoring the views they reminded me of lemmings with backpacks. She laughed so hard she almost choked.

So I asked my artistic brother to generate an AI series of lemmings as pilgrims for my lead photo And today’s pics are some of the views they missed in their race to Santiago.Read more