I was JUST looking at the image that serves as the cover photo on Joyce Rupp’s book that we have been talking about lately.   It is a monochrome pic, in black and white.  Joyce is walking from right to left in the foreground with pack and walking stick.  There is a stone fence running along side her and in the distance stretch rolling hills covered in vegetation and a little misty.   It is an amazingly JUST cover for a book.  In other words so much could have  been done to make it exciting but wasn’t.

Got me thinking.    How often are we assaulted by the exciting.  Everyone and their brother trying to get our attention.   Life is like walking through a county fair with the barkers trying to convince you to come into their tent to see the tattooed lady or whatever.

But we came back from the Camino with  new way to look at things and a new way to live which in my words now, JUST IS.  It is simpler and more direct, happier and more open.  And JUST  more JUST IS, right?  It’s a lot like the cover of the book to the casual observer.

Is that a problem?  Well, maybe we are missing good things because one we are screening out too much because everything is constantly shouting at us.  Or maybe we are a little lazy or not is the practice of patiently observing and we miss much that JUST looks JUST.   JUST a thought.

Hey, have to go, my day is calling.  Thanks, love, Felipe.