My Journey.

This is what it is all about; my journey-to connect with my self, with my innermost true essence. it sounds simple and maybe it is, but the truth is; it is NOT easy. However it is almost like a pandora's box: once it is opened and the journey has started, one cannot go back and the box won't close. So here we go; on the long and winding road of self discovery. This road will take me to France and Spain this summer if all my plans come together. There I will do the "Camino de Santiago" or the road to Santiago. It is a pilgrimage that for me will start in St. Jean Pied de Port in southern France. Frome there it crosses the Pyrenees into Spain where the route goes west to Santiago de Compostela. It is a trek just short of 800km. I'll have about four weeks to walk the distance; plenty of time to spend with myself. And enough time to disconnect from the day to day cares and concerns. I want to truly be with myself and walk off the last residue of the past challenges and tribulations that at times have gotten the best of me and sucked me dry. Life has been a serious adventure and I have been challenged at the core of who I am. In the middle of all this I have worked on becoming my own best friend, to give myself all the same loving support and care that I offer my friends. It sounds easier than it is, but it is critical on the road to healing, peace and happiness. And what better way to be with your own best friend than to go on a road trip for a month. From everything I've read; it really does not matter what we think our purpose of the camino is. It has its own purpose in store for us. I have been drawn toward this for a while and now I will to trust my instinct and the journey and see where it takes me.