Hi, wherever you are at the moment. I’m up to get ready for our third showing of Phil’s Camino later at noon. Then we are driving down to San Diego to visit Sherie and go to the Padres baseball game. Yea, another full day. I guess yesterday was a full one too, never got the blog written.
Something really quite amazing happened yesterday at the Royal Theater. It was our second showing and was in a smaller venue at the Royal. The day before on our first day we pretty much filled the larger venue with maybe a hundred folks, maybe a few more. Anyway, this time as we got our eyes adjusted to the dark there was only one person there. One! Yea, right smack dab in the center seat was this one and only guy.
It was an Aaaarrrrgggghhhh moment but I got absorbed in the film as usual and forgot about it temporarily. So, the film got done and Annie and I came in close to our precious viewer to do the Q&A. But this one guy was totally on fire. Somehow surprisingly he filled the whole theater with his voice and personality. This seemed like a pilgrimage for him to be there to do this one thing, and nothing was going to get in his way.
He, and I don’t have his name even, ran a hair salon and there played the movie, The Way, on a continuous loop for his clients. He said he probably watched it twelve hundred times. We had a copy of the Camino documentary for him to take with him to change things up. He had walked in Spain and was totally on fire about any and all things Camino. What a time we had fielding his questions. And somehow I have a feeling that we will see him again.
This was a real lesson for me and another case of one vibrant person having the ability to change a situation for the better. Hats off to you pilgrim, you taught us something important and brightened our day! Well, today hoping we will do better on attendance. Also, I am to meet Dr Asher who is our good friend Dr Zucker’s Californian counterpart. We are scheduled to both be on a panel about cancer and exercise. OK, more fun, right?
So the trail goes on here in the Southland. I get my chance to do my own freeway driving today and looking forward to the Padres game tonight! OK, off we go, love you as always, Felipe.
Love the story about the “Film Festival Commando” takes one to know one!
Catherine ~ It was a lesson learned. Felipe.x
In my humble opinion, it was all figured out before us and our measly plans. I wasn’t meant to be there but the mysterious and singular Super Pilgrim was and it all contributed to the lessons of El Camino.
Oh Mary Margaret, so sad to have missed you but it gives us a better excuse to get together somewhere somehow else. Our trip was so action packed you could have easily put us over the top. Hehe. Love you, as always, Felipe.