
Finally I arrive in Sarria. It was the day before I was to begin my 120 kilometre walk to Santiago de Compostela, on El Camino de Santiago, on my own, although not alone.
What will the next day bring ? I opened up a booklet I had brought with me containing reflections and prayers and let the pages fall open. This would be my inspiration and meditation for tomorrow . The first two lines read
Be silent, Still , Aware
For there in your own heart
The spirit is at prayer.
My landlady from Sevilia sent me a Wats Ap. message . I translated the Spanish. It was a fairly rough translation but I understood she was telling me to make three wishes or three prayers before I left on my journey.
I was walking to raise funds for breast cancer research , so the first wish was easy , to reach my goal, of 1000 people on average giving the Breast Cancer Foundation $20 . That would help, but we needed more help to raise enough to make Breast cancer history. I would pray for 1000 other women to also do the same and perhaps together we could eliminate deaths from breast cancer. The third wish ???
Well done. Great to see you are under way.
Amazing to hear you have started your hikoi!