The Beatitudes of the Pilgrim

Blessed are you, pilgrim if you find that the Camino opens your eyes to the unseen.
Blessed are you, pilgrim if what concerns you most is not arriving, but arriving with others.
Blessed are you, pilgrim when you contemplate the sights of the Camino and find them full of names and of new dawns.
Blessed are you, pilgrim because you have discovered that the true Camino begins at its end.
Blessed are you, pilgrim if your backpack empties of things as your heart doesn’t know how to fit so many emotions.
Blessed are you, pilgrim, if you discover that a step backward to help another is more valuable than a hundred forward taken without awareness of those at your side.
Blessed are you, pilgrim if you search for the truth and make of your Camino a life, and of your life a Camino.
Blessed are you, pilgrim, if on the Camino you meet yourself and make yourself a gift of time without hurry, so that you may not neglect the image of your heart.
Blessed are you, pilgrim if you find that the Camino is rich with silence and the silence is rich with prayer and the prayers are encounters with the Spirit that awaits you.
Blessed are you, pilgrim when you have no words to give thanks for all the wonders in every nook of the Camino.
Blessed are you, pilgrim because you have discovered that the true Camino begins at its end.