Had a great coffee meeting yesterday. Finally after a few years of bumping into each other we got a chance to spend a few moments together. Carla is the rector at the local Episcopal church. I have gone to various services there over the years and I gave a Camino talk there. But it was good to sit down and work out the fine points of history and talk about where do we go from here.

I worked her over with Camino talk, a fresh ear. Don’t we love that? We also talked about luminaries that we both knew in common. I gave her the rundown on my Cancer Camino. She talked about her upcoming retirement which will be a big change. With all her upcoming free time she will be at Phil’s Camino for walk and talk. Yea, we will look forward to that. We can walk and search for signs of spring.

So, what I got out of the talk is important. This to me is the value of spendng time with spiritual advisors. They clarify my local personal environs. I am able to get past the mist and the mud that I usually operate in. OK, so what did this clarity reveal? First she characterized me as a “hungry heart”. Yea. I like that, I can live with that and more I can build on that.

And then secondly that “hungry heart” has a practical application. Somehow this Felipe coming out of the mud and the mist of grassroots life has been able to run into or bump into or stumble into some amazing situations, territory and relationships. How did that happen? How does that work? We could try to answer those questions but the real point is that Felipe is just an average guy, without degrees or money. And he stands for the idea that anyone could do this too, this isn’t rocket surgery as they say. This is the real value of the Felipe story, that it is attainable. Thank you Carla.

Well, just reporting on life in the neighborhood. Remember Pilgrim Farmer John as he goes in for his new gleaming hip joint. Remember Our Jennifer and me as we go in for treatment tomorrow. Pray for us and pray for the thousands of stones on the pile a few feet from here, each has a story.

Always attainable love, Felipe.