Days 6-12 Camino de Santiago. Rejuvenated, inspired, not yet peaked

I just can't believe how much I'm enjoying just listening to the birds and listening to the wind.  It quiets my mind. I know you're shocked to know but I have a very active mind. It just never stops, which works some of the time, if not most of the time.  But it's nice to quiet it and just listen. Buen Camino

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Just listening. 1

Week 2: 01:13. 1

Inspired 02:30. 1

Quieting my mind 04:48. 2

Tap, tap, tap of my two canes 06:37. 2

A crazy dream 10:20. 2

Mobility package 10:53. 3

White storks in Portomarin 11:21. 3

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral 11:46. 3

Heading home to Boston 12:41  3
Links
Rien MacDonald's Hope Initiative podcast
Maria Xenidou's Impact Learning podcast
Regina Holliday's Cinderblocks conference
Marly Camino Guided Tours
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Credits
Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, New Orleans Drummer, Composer

Photo of the Pilgrimage Certificate by Danny van Leeuwen
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Just listening
I just can't believe how much I'm enjoying just listening to the birds and listening to the wind.  It quiets my mind. I know you're shocked to know but I have a very active mind. It just never stops, which works some of the time, if not most of the time.  But it's nice to quiet it and just listen.
Week 2
Good morning.  It's day 10 of the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage.  Today, I'm going to be going from Palas de Rei to Castaneda, Spain - about 14 miles. Palas de Rei is a large town, feels urban, small Urban. And I'm going to Castaneda which is a small town. So that'll be really different.  And I confess to being pretty grumpy when everybody finally made it to the hotel last evening and we went out to eat and hang out.  I don't know why I was grumpy. Nothing particular. I'm not particularly feeling left out. Just grumpy. I guess part of the ups and downs all life. And so, this morning it's about 9:00 in the morning and I'm waiting for 10 o'clock. I'm going to get picked up to taxi me and the luggage to the next place.
Inspired
I've been feeling inspired this morning. I've been listening to Rien MacDonald's Hope Initiative podcast. I highly recommend it. He's a fabulous interviewer and he knows such interesting people. He brings out the best.  He started interviewing his 12-year-old sister and then his mom and his dad and his grandmother and bunch of friends in a ca...