On the Camino - day 2

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Portomarín to Palas de Rei

I want to travel in patterns of God’s making…
Julia McGuiness

I began the day like the fog the quieted the earth, not really speaking or engaging, considering how to manage my annoyance I have not yet gotten over. Would I settle into this rhythm? Could I in fact let go of that which kept me off-beat?

I paced myself in the middle of my fellow peregrinas. Not wanting to ignore, but wanting to BE...alone. Then I met Liz. She was traveling alone. I enjoyed a brief visit as we walked. My shoulders dropped, my jaw loosened. I walked in the ebb and flow of my companions. I greeted fellow pilgrims, “Buen Camino!” There was more “tour guiding” but I didn’t mind so much.

We stopped for second breakfast (that’s a thing on the Camino!). There was a long line in which our guide didn’t want to wait. I finally got to the counter, “dos café con leche por favor.” Asking for two coffees was spontaneous. I took a cup to our guide. She was surprised and grateful. I breathed easy.

In a slow and gentle molding into patterns of God’s making, I faced my resistance, extended some hospitality, and found a place of welcome in myself and connection with those around me.

I’m finding my rhythm.