tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post2502577755390968985..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Reasons To Walk The Camino: (1) The Slough Of DespondThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-49260995458515699982013-06-14T10:14:42.643+01:002013-06-14T10:14:42.643+01:00Hi Chris! I appreciate your visit. Love it that yo...Hi Chris! I appreciate your visit. Love it that you can relate to this.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-22609642593001261542013-06-12T01:57:20.169+01:002013-06-12T01:57:20.169+01:00I can relate so much to this yours writing... The ...I can relate so much to this yours writing... The Camino is such a healing experience!<br />Many hugs! Cris Mhttp://www.lonaciente.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-89787124754046087042013-05-20T08:48:45.215+01:002013-05-20T08:48:45.215+01:00Oooh, the Appalachian Trail, I'd love to walk ...Oooh, the Appalachian Trail, I'd love to walk that, Vagabonde. Though your desert trek sounds more adventurous.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-90479790858825354512013-05-18T00:52:23.557+01:002013-05-18T00:52:23.557+01:00I read your post. So, this lady must have had a m...I read your post. So, this lady must have had a mental breakdown? Now she walks the Camino because she lives close to it – so she is French. That is good – to go out in nature, it heals you. I think that if this happened here, it would be too far to walk the Camino, but one could pick up the Appalachian Trail which comes into North Georgia. I, on the other hand, would love to cross the Sahara Desert on a camel.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-50143281854969435142013-05-15T05:35:06.605+01:002013-05-15T05:35:06.605+01:00Yes, I wrote this, Grace. I think many of us can r...Yes, I wrote this, Grace. I think many of us can relate – male or female.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-53482336145789306612013-05-14T21:36:44.300+01:002013-05-14T21:36:44.300+01:00Did you write this? Well done. She is a character ...Did you write this? Well done. She is a character many of us can relate, too.Gracehttp://www.gracebezanson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-30314498765905191122013-05-14T11:33:08.253+01:002013-05-14T11:33:08.253+01:00Happy walking, Goat, and try to stay away from tho...Happy walking, Goat, and try to stay away from those crevasses, mental or otherwise... The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-44392777915148063872013-05-13T07:23:58.260+01:002013-05-13T07:23:58.260+01:00Yup, I always tell myself the pit will eventually ...Yup, I always tell myself the pit will eventually dissolve and disappear.I had a medium-sized one opening at my feet until quite recently, and today I made the first steps towards detouring around it. Never placed much stock in the cliche that you can't run away from your troubles -- maybe not, but you can walk away from them at approx 3.5 miles per hour and leave the pit sucking in your dust.Goathttp://thegoatthatwrote.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-40578923168524987842013-05-11T17:47:14.734+01:002013-05-11T17:47:14.734+01:00I'm glad it worked for you, Hilary!I'm glad it worked for you, Hilary!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-358870035780539412013-05-11T01:56:19.636+01:002013-05-11T01:56:19.636+01:00I absolutely loved this.
Thank you.I absolutely loved this.<br />Thank you.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528439226293446420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-7731712660389102212013-05-09T07:24:22.496+01:002013-05-09T07:24:22.496+01:00Physical, spiritual, mental Caminos all living in ...Physical, spiritual, mental Caminos all living in one another...The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-86723886874754523512013-05-08T16:00:20.448+01:002013-05-08T16:00:20.448+01:00She gave thanks, and opened her spirit to Spirit. ...She gave thanks, and opened her spirit to Spirit. A good reason to walk the Camino, to keep after that openness with every step. Some of us who wait to walk the physical Camino walk the spiritual one at the very least. I enjoyed this imagery very much.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-46922155439700568812013-05-08T11:33:21.725+01:002013-05-08T11:33:21.725+01:00Dritanje — like many of us from time to time, I ha...Dritanje — like many of us from time to time, I have visited the Slough, and it's not a pleasant place. Re. the Nooteboom — fantastic! Sometimes things are given to one unsought, and often these are the best things..<br /><br />Thanks for visiting, Am! Must have a look at that translation. I remember you mentioning it once before, and it sounds interesting.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-66837200723528422832013-05-08T02:58:50.962+01:002013-05-08T02:58:50.962+01:00Thank you for this today. I've been reading R...Thank you for this today. I've been reading Red Pine's translation of the Taoteching and thinking about the Tao -- the Great Road -- The Camino.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-66557274984650648622013-05-07T20:09:53.650+01:002013-05-07T20:09:53.650+01:00Tremendous, solitary walker! These are real places...Tremendous, solitary walker! These are real places in the psyche as Bunyan wrote about. One lifetime may not be long enough to learn how to avoid such places as the Slough, but at least we get some experience of doing so. So that next time, or in some parallel time, we might never need to go there. The camino/chemin has power, no doubt about that. Inteestingly, Noteboom's Roads to Santiago was HANDED to me recently, didn't even have to go searching!dritanjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16025213970107184429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-18641205755999384632013-05-07T14:01:47.699+01:002013-05-07T14:01:47.699+01:00Thanks for reading, Carolyn... and Weaver, that bo...Thanks for reading, Carolyn... and Weaver, that book by Nooteboom is tremendous, I think. And George — the time will come... The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-24636292130837483472013-05-07T13:14:00.037+01:002013-05-07T13:14:00.037+01:00I don't think there is a more important lesson...I don't think there is a more important lesson in life than the one you mention, specifically, that life is "change and flux and a process of becoming," and that nothing last forever, "even the dark pits into which we might fall." Perhaps that's the real draw of the Camino and the reason why so many want to keep walking it.<br /><br />I've long <i>wanted</i> to walk the Camino, but, with every passing month during the past year or so, I've felt that I <i>must</i> walk it.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-34281684722129696192013-05-07T11:25:37.048+01:002013-05-07T11:25:37.048+01:00Brilliant stuff Robert. I have just finished Roa...Brilliant stuff Robert. I have just finished Roads to Santiago and enjoyed every minute of it. Can't help thinking of R when I read this post - I hear she is on the mend.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-12968877938877681972013-05-07T10:27:09.413+01:002013-05-07T10:27:09.413+01:00A wonderful piece to identify with, thanks for sha...A wonderful piece to identify with, thanks for sharingCarolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606006511835501844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-24324208884313206512013-05-07T09:10:50.777+01:002013-05-07T09:10:50.777+01:00:):)The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-72899611536532648282013-05-07T07:17:22.899+01:002013-05-07T07:17:22.899+01:00Camino? I always thought the quickest way out of t...Camino? I always thought the quickest way out of the slough of despond was the M4. :)Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.com