Saturday, September 29, 2012

It's Amazing how a tiny little symbol like this one can mean so much...It started to appear on the backs of the velo route signs as I followed down the coast of France. There is a great route that follows the coast pretty much the length of Breton all the way to Biarritz.
 
The rain stopped for a day or 2 but has started again. I met some other pilgrims outside the Cathedral in Bayonne. This was the first church I have encountered that offered any service for pilgrims. We found lodging at the Association Maison Diocesane in a suburb of Bayonne. A great big complex of some kind with a hundred rooms for travellers and conference goers.
 
 I'm going to get the train from here to San Jean Pied de Port. Hopefully, it won't be snowing up there.
The anxiety I feel at times can seem insurmountable. I just keep going. Sometimes just going home seems a better option. I just don't like being uncomfortable anymore. My reasoning is that as one who has guided in the outdoors for so long, I don't need to be miserable to prove my worth to any person, living or dead or for that matter God. I don't gotta prove nuthin to God that's for dang sure. I have this running dialogue pretty consistently about this relationship and that things are really quite good. All I need to do is trust...So far my experience has been most positive. 
 More photos @
https://picasaweb.google.com/117111156682678516435/AtlanticCoastAndSouth#
 
 
 

2 Comments:

At October 1, 2012 at 4:50 AM , Blogger Reinier said...

Good to know that you indeed found a place at the Association Maison Diocesane. I'd told them that you would arrive in about an hour, but never told you that I had told them.

Did you try to ride the unpaved mountain pass there?

 
At October 1, 2012 at 10:53 AM , Blogger Paul said...

"I just don't like being uncomfortable anymore. My reasoning is that as one who has guided in the outdoors for so long, I don't need to be miserable to prove my worth..."

Well said.

Hang in there, Sis.

-Paul

 

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