Day 19 - September 19th - Carrion de Los Condes to Calzadilla de la Cueza - 17km
Today I turned on the music. There has been some extreme negativity in my life for the last 2 years and I have used continual music and ebooks to quiet the negative noise response in my brain so that I could function and sleep.
When I left Auckland on my pilgrimage journey… I turned off the music and the narration and for the last 25 days I have just listened to my footsteps, my fellow pilgrims and the sounds of the landscapes around me.
As a result, I am sleeping soundly and the negative noise has all but disappeared. In some ways I have already accomplished what I hoped might be the outcome of this spiritual journey.
Today I let my music app randomly choose my first song and I was rewarded with Coldplay’s The Scientist - one of my favourites. How that music lifted my feet! I danced on the path, waving my sticks, spinning and singing… much to the amusement of the French pilgrims following me.
I hope that from time to time, music will lift me and I will fly as I begin the second half of my journey :-)
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