Buen Camino

Well by the time you folks wake up and read this, I will be in St Jean Pied de Port or well on my way. My bus leaves here at 2 pm which is 5 am in California. I found out Pied de Port means at the foot of the gate through the Pyrenees. I will begin the Camino on a route Napolean liked to use to move his troops from France to Spain.

I realized I have begun living from my pack when I went to get scissors from my cosmetic bag and the thought flashed through my mind, I don´t have a cosmetic bag, I will need to use the scissors on my little pocket knife attached to my back pack.

This morning while reading my Daily Reflections, it dawned on me that, God willing, I will be starting the Camino on July 23, which is the day one of my writings in the Daily Reflections appears. It is about us not getting to choose when and if our defects are removed, that is Gods business. Our business is to become entirely ready. A lesson I am still learning. I must have written that when I was five years sober, given the printing date. I think I will reflect on how much, if anything, I have learned since then.

Today my prayer is that I remain open to the moment, to the experience and that God takes me where he would have me go.

Yesterday I got my first ¨Buen Camino¨ which is what people say to pilgrims on the Camino and what pilgrims say to each other in passing. So to all of you, my firends and fellow pilgrims on this journey, Buen Camino