Do you feel the freedom to choose?
Whether you answer this with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’, please read on. I gladly share with you what I learned about making choices Walking the Camino and my coaching experience with the intention that you start feeling freer to choose what you want.
When I invited my daughter to walk part of the Camino to Santiago de Compostella with me this year, she took some time to think about it. She felt free to say “no”, but I was so happy that she said “yes”. Together we decided that we wanted to walk the Camino Frances each year approx. 200 km’s which means that we intend to arrive in Santiago de Compostela in 2025.
As we depart from Saint-Jean-Pied-da-Port in the rain, I remembered again the beautiful green meadows and wild horses crossing the Pyrenees in 2015. But this year we had no views at all. It was misty and we had pouring rain, no shelter and to make it worse we walked part of it through the snow. One of the hardest adventures, we and many other pilgrims crossing with us had ever done. But we did it! Super proud and relieved we reached the Monastery in Roncesvalles. After crossing the Pyrenees, we had more challenging days in distance, rain, climbs and descends, but we coped with all of it. After 10 days, we arrived in the city of Logroño; quite exhausted but we looked back on an amazing adventure.
When I asked my daughter if she was up for another 200 km’s Camino next year, ….
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