Carrion to Terradillos do Templarioa

Dear future Matt. I hope that you come back to this page often in your life. Yesterday you were broken mentally by the Camino. You were waiting for it, wondering what that would mean and what it would look like. You imagined yourself being some crazy lunatic laughing and singing while you ran down the street because you were exhausted, or maybe something worse. The word broken is maybe not the best description for this point in the Camino. You should not have been so nervous as this experience was a blessing not something to be feared. On a beautifully perfect day you were given the gift of understanding that material things have no value beyond what we as humans place on them. There is a huge difference between wants and needs and somehow our world has combined those things. You learned to freely let go of things that you no longer need like shoes or motorcycles so that they may provide to others. In this simple life you lived in these 4 weeks, there is very little you needed to be happy and when you release the need for more things you strip yourself bare to be open to the small joys in life that are truly the important things. I hope and pray that you take this with you for the rest of you life. All is well and keep on smiling.Read more