It was a humbling experience to be in Paris last weekend when pilgrims arrived from all over the world. I had walked with the UK ‘Pilgrimage2Paris’ group for a day, between Burgess Hill and Brighton, and saw them off along the south coast the next morning. It was great to see them again at theContinue reading “Paris”
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Tourists or Pilgrims?
I watched a Ted talk by Satish Kumar, in which he contrasted tourists and pilgrims. He said that tourists always complain, but pilgrims always celebrate. As a race we’ve lived like tourists on the earth, but Kumar’s challenge is to become pilgrims. Having recently been a tourist in every sense of the word, I likeContinue reading “Tourists or Pilgrims?”