"The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out of an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meaning and signs of the outer pilgrimage. One can have one without the other. It's best to have both." -Thomas Merton 1964 (A monk and author)
I found this quote in a book in Chapters. I like this quote. The book was about a man, who following an oil spill in San Fransisco, packed his things and starting walking. He walked for 27 years and didn't speak for 22 of those years. Can you imagine not speaking for 22 years! That would be more than my life up to this point.
I only read the back of the book and briefly flipped through it. There was a map of where he all walked (and boated). He walked all across the US, including Alaska I believe, ended up on the east coast where he then took a boat into the Carribean. He then walked across Cuba and another country before heading to Brazil. He ended up walking from Brazil to the tip of South America then boated across to Antarctica. That my friend is a lot of walking. He did this all to take a stand against pollution since he saw how the oil spill in San Fransisco affected everything.
Enough blabbing. I hope to one day do something similar to him but with less walking and in a shorter period of time. My last two continents to check off my list will be South America and Antarctica which I will do in one shot in a few years. Can't wait for that but first things first.
Have a good weekend!
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