With about 100km to go and only 5 more days of walking left, I am feeling a bit nostalgic already. What will I do with nowhere to walk, and, more importantly, how will I cope without the ubiquitous yellow arrow to tell me where I am to go? I feel like I could just live this life. It is so simple and surreal. I don´t have to worry about anything and my only purpose is to walk to the next village or town. I love Spain. It is so beautiful and sometimes I feel like I could remain here in some tiny little village with the sun shining and all my most basic needs met.
Lately, I have been thinking about what it means to be Happy. I think the true state of happy-ness is something we only get moments of in life. When you are experiencing a moment of happiness, it is so blissful, so keenly felt that I don´t believe we could stay in that state forever. I think the goal should be that we are aware of those moments and we say them out loud: I am happy right now, in this moment. Instead, we tend to look for the elusive state of being ultimately and consistently Happy all the time, and we don´t notice when it happens.
I have had moments of such happiness on my Camino and I have said it outloud each time I realize I am in that state of pure happiness. I cling to those memories as they are what will provide me with what I need to keep my Camino alive and attempt to live my life in a more simple and open way.
So many people I have met, each with their own ¨Camino¨, each with their own story. I bless all these pilgrims as they have come to this with open minds and hearts, and have most likely felt both the pain and the bliss of this extraordinary experience.
After Sarria, it is about 100km to Santiago. In order to acquire your Compostela, you actually only have to walk the last 100km. I expect the road will become very busy as more and more people join the last leg of the journey. I will arrive in Santiago on Oct. 12 and will likely see many people I have met along the way who will celebrate with me on the 13th. I must begin to decide what I will do afterwards but still, I remain for the most part, in the moment. I cherish these last days and trust that I will find my way after Santiago.
But now I am hungry and need to go and eat.
Blessings,
