On the Camino - day 3
awm
Palas de Rei to Melide
Look at the birds of the air…consider the lilies of the field.
Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things.
Matthew 6:25-34
A clear sunny day with herds of clouds grazing the blue sky! Winds swaying the trees and dancing with the leaves. My pace varied today. Out front. In the middle. Holding back. Each conversation different, unique.
Curious European Robins made me chuckle. I soaked in the brilliant variations of greens in the grass, moss, ferns and trees blending together. A rose of the most enticing fragrance I could sniff it all day but left it for another to enjoy. Two of us stopped where some trees stood guard in front a view of farm lands and rolling hills. Just to pause and admire. “But the trees are in the way,” she said. “But they part of the view,” I replied.
How often do I allow an obstruction to ruin my view…what I react to in another without seeing their whole self? Some of my letting go as I embarked on this pilgrimage involves people with whom my spirit struggles. These trees have provided me a response. Rather than let go, i.e. dismiss with complaint of the obstruction, can I see the whole person? Am I willing to see the fullness of those whom I may define by their ‘obstruction.’ Maybe what I perceive as an obstruction is a guarding something. Maybe it is something I need to pause over and observe before a hasty judgment. Who knows what I might find nesting there if I am curious about what its branches hold or the shade it provides. Maybe I must simply remember that every bit is “part of the view.”
Today I walked in wonder - gazing all around without worry for tomorrow.
Oh so grateful. Bless this journey.
