on the way

Cameron 2022-04-20 09:02:41

A father, after learning of his son's bad news, embarked on his son's unfinished road to experience this way of life that he had never despised before, what he saw and heard in the process, and how to get along with his companions, and finally let him see it. a lot.
At the beginning, I felt that my father was very depressed, but I just wanted to go faster and faster. Later, I walked with my three companions and endured what seemed to be a "deviant" behavior until it finally broke out and reconciled with my companions. , The four of them understood more deeply, and my father was relieved a lot during the second half of the journey, trying to accept these people, things and opinions that he had never come into contact with in most of his life. Perhaps he began to take a closer look at the life his son had chosen. After arriving at the Holy Land, they continued their journey to the seaside, where the father threw his son's ashes into the sea, completing the ultimate goal of this trip: to get out of the pain of bereavement.
Don't quite understand the reason for their pilgrimage: quit smoking, lose weight? Very nonsensical. And there are so many pilgrims, with every desire, to the Holy Land. Maybe they don't know the reason themselves. They embarked on this road to find an answer.
What my son said is thought-provoking: You don't choose a life, you live one. What is the difference between the life you choose and the life you live? If you live comfortably, will you be satisfied and think this is the life you choose?
I admire this father very much. I admire these people of faith. They have firm beliefs. They seem to be so pious and principled in their actions. We seem a little incomprehensible because we have nothing to fear.
This road is long and lonely. You can only explore by yourself, but as long as you persist, you can always reach the day when you don't care about the answer.

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Extended Reading
  • Dave 2022-03-29 09:01:08

    A passport with the stamp of the post station on the folded pages. For thousands of years, people with different purposes have always had only one goal - a pilgrimage. Impressed, the father decided to finish his son's unfinished journey. This is the real outdoors. Those who think that setting up a tent by the Songhua River is outdoor is really laughing to death! Along the way, the idyllic scenery of small towns in France and Spain, the small hotel in the mountains! We who live in the city really live in vain!

  • Brittany 2022-02-07 14:58:37

    After walking 100 kilometers, Trailwalker watched it on the way home, and I cried all the way.

The Way quotes

  • Joost: I bought same liquor. Orujo. It's from Galicia. It's made of eighteen different herbs, and so secret that has to be squeezed by blind monks.

  • Tom: [Having been handed the box with his son's ashes] I'm going to walk the Camino de Santiago.

    Captain Henri: [Somewhat taken aback] Mr. Avery, if you'll pardon me, please, you are not prepared to go on this trip. You have no equipment, or...

    Tom: [Cutting him off] I've got Danny's back pack and all of his stuff.

    Captain Henri: But you haven't trained for this walk, and no disrespect, you are more than 60 years old.

    Tom: [shrugs] So it'll take me a bit longer than most.

    Captain Henri: You'll be lucky if you finish in two months.

    Tom: Well, then I'd better get started. We're leaving in the morning.

    Captain Henri: [Looking a bit confused] "We"?

    Tom: [Holding up the box with his son's ashes] Both of us.