Today, as the journey continues and the miles accumulate, the body physically feels the demands which have been placed on it. I have had moments of fantasy that included someone carrying my 21 pound back pack for me, or hiring a mule to carry my necessary personal belongings.
At some point each day I think about how much further I have to go, and have a talk with myself. The old pep talk includes the fact that the majority of the trek has been completed and just one step at a time will get me there!
Just at that moment I come upon a elderly woman, obviously crippled with osteoporosis as well as osteoarthritis. She is so hunched over that she actually looks like a candy cane. She is traveling alone and carrying a tree branch with a leaf on top as her walking stick; she looks up and and has the most brilliant smile I have seen on the trail. We speak for a moment and I find out she is an 82 year old woman traveling alone from Ireland and that this is her sixth time making this journey.
What an incredible woman and what passion she displays drives my adrenaline and my body 10 more kilometers where I come across a stone cross from the thirteenth century with Mary holding Jesus and just across the street is a mother sheep nursing her tiny little baby……passion is all around me and I dig down and feel it to keep going.
Passion Runs Deep
Today, as the journey continues and the miles accumulate, the body physically feels the demands which have been placed on it. I have had moments of fantasy that included someone carrying my 21 pound back pack for me, or hiring a mule to carry my necessary personal belongings.
At some point each day I think about how much further I have to go, and have a talk with myself. The old pep talk includes the fact that the majority of the trek has been completed and just one step at a time will get me there!
Just at that moment I come upon a elderly woman, obviously crippled with osteoporosis as well as osteoarthritis. She is so hunched over that she actually looks like a candy cane. She is traveling alone and carrying a tree branch with a leaf on top as her walking stick; she looks up and and has the most brilliant smile I have seen on the trail. We speak for a moment and I find out she is an 82 year old woman traveling alone from Ireland and that this is her sixth time making this journey.
What an incredible woman and what passion she displays drives my adrenaline and my body 10 more kilometers where I come across a stone cross from the thirteenth century with Mary holding Jesus and just across the street is a mother sheep nursing her tiny little baby……passion is all around me and I dig down and feel it to keep going.
With Gratitude,
Dr. Evelyn Higgins