-Wednesday's message from VillaFranca-
-Interconnected
-Going Postal
-The Spirit Lives On
Written Wednesday before the news on Jake, and finished today--
First things first-- JAKE is WELL!!!!!
He has recovered-- but let's' go where I was and take you through my evolving thoughts--
Starting now-- wednesday night, just after dinner, and I have just received the call from Liz with the description and prognosis about Jake, and spent all day thursday in limbo as I awaited word on Jake's overnight survival---
So I'm a bit behind and will catch up, but there's been a TON of walking, --most of thursday's walk is spent distracted on Jake and the family, and the walk is the longest of the Camino (32 kms, 20 miles, last 4 straight UPHILL for 3000 feet to 7000 feet).
Wednesday on the afternoon walk to Villafranca, before the call on Jake--
The following were my notes before the call on jake-
INTERCONNECTED!!!!!!!
I'm buying the idea that ALL things are interconnected, that there is "ONE" us, and energy is either being taken or received all the time--by all the people--
That a pebble dropped in the Pacific Ocean could make a WAVE in the Atlantic, that just ONE thing could trigger another, really BIG thing somewhere else---
I got to thinking about how people, just by their own actions, make or break other people's day's, week's, lives. I mean, yes, maybe the other person "let's" them have that impact, but every individual has ENORMOUS POWER, the power to touch another human being, in either a very positive powerful way, or not so positive. And each individual has the power to REACT positively (or not).
Like the three people thinking about bagging the Bruce concert, then one to the other and they all decide "they're going", and WHAM--- a great event is had.
Or the person who had one bad thing after another happen to them, so they'll be miserable to the counter person at the Post Office, and the next day that postal worker, or McDonald's counter person, or bank employee, GOES "POSTAL"---
All it takes is for that one thing to "break", one way or the other, and then what seems like trivial details are so interconnected that it becomes a "LIFE" event, somewhere down the chain. Sometime's you just NEVER know how much influence you've had, unless someone tells you (I said that before)-- and sometimes you CAN'T know the influence you had (or are ABOUT to have)---you don't have enough information to appreciate the delicate balance of the world you are interacting with, every day.
If we all would "take a breath", and appreciate that everything we do, everything we say, has some (sometimes really big) impact on the chain of events known as life.
It isn't as if we can all use the excuse "somebody did X" so I'm going POSTAL!!!!-- we are all responsible for our "actions", as well as our "reactions" to the way life deals us cards. But it would be nice if we woke up in the morning and every once in a while we caught a negative "chain of events" in motion and stopped it cold--simply because we had enough fortitude/strength/FAITH/HOPE to not let it consume the next receiver of that chain---
When that happens, it's like divine intervention, and we might not "ever" know the real things we stopped from happening, so we just have to be content with knowing we are so blessed that if on more occasions than not we are a GIVER of ENERGY rather than a TAKER, or RECEIVER, of energy-- than that is our role here on this Earth, to be the "giver", so that the TRUE chain of energy in one's life can unfold and show enormous, glowing light.
The giver's have that "light" to give, so they need to be "ready"!!!!!
The "Spirit Lives On"--- speaking of that "light", and talking about energy, has moved me to one of my favorite songs, which ties into this theme, but also expresses the FAITH I have, that the SPIRIT Lives on!!!
It ties into my thoughts on how everything (EVERYTHING) is interconnected-- I know there are many who think life is LIFE, then you die, and that's the end of one's story--finito!!!!
But it's NOT, because THE SPIRIT LIVE's ON---it lives on in all the impact one has had on this earth, and how different tomorrow will be because YOU were here TODAY--again, you might not ever know, but sometimes it's obvious --
It's obvious if you have kids--sometimes it's 'WICKED' obvious because those kids look just like YOU!!!! As in the case of my buddy B!!! He's gone, but his spirit is alive and well in all of us he touched, but also quite visible in the eyes and features of his two son's (and lesser but stilll visible in his girls too)..
The Spirit Live's On-- "Building 429", a young band from North Carolina, but I saw them in Ocean Grove, NJ---all by myself as my kids were all busy--
"Long after life, long after death, the spirit lives on"--
And today, except for that brief encounter with the Scotts'man, I am all by myself ALL day-- and the path moves from suburbs of Ponferrada to paths-- only note on those suburbs--- it seems everyone here has a dog, but here the dogs bark because they WANT to rip your eyes out-- they're German Sheppard's or Doberman's and they are ready to kill ANY pilgrim that would dare to cross into their yard-- fortunately, the chain holding these dog's is as thick as the car's here, so none of these dog's get loose and has there intended desire with me--my dog's bark, too, but they are barking so you come to them and they can LICK you!!!!--
and right here I got the call from Liz about Jake, and I told her I was just writing about all the dogs I saw today--and I also told her he would be okay, but I truly didn't know that----
So, I guess I have two thoughts on this message for myself--- that our actions/impact are so much more important than we realize AND that IMPACT lasts a long time after we're gone-- forever, in fact!! Because the SPIRIT LIVES ON!!!!!
VillaFranca, Spain
Peace
TT
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