The Day I Have Lived For

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I always think of this bowl of tomatoes as being a place outside of the norm.

Really I’m not a big goal setter. But I did see today as something to live to or live for. It is official that we have paid off our mortgage on the northern five acres of our ten here at Raven Ranch. Hurrah! It has been a long haul but the day is finally here when we own it outright!

I saw this day as something important to the family. It is a step in permanence, a bit of security. And I have said to my cancer OK I need to live to today to make sure that this happens. And well, good job and here I am.

This occurred to me a few months ago to start looking for the next thing to look forward to and to live to. Well, that is easy really. And that is the Caminoheads Get Together in August. What could be better! We haven’t done a lot of planning as of yet but the dates are set at August 23rd – 26th.

Day Four of Lent and of the Everyday Camino with Annie. Our quote is one from Rumi: “Out beyond the idea of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” Annie talks of ways of mediating and the importance of it. I am going to diverge from that slightly since I am such a poor mediator or a non mediator. Well, my walk is really the closest that I get to it anything resembling.

The quote points to a place outside of our intellect and outside of the rules and regs that govern a certain portion of our existence. It wants us to gather there in this space. It wants us to leave our baggage behind and meet where we can look at things in a fresh manner. This is what I am seeing here.

Either way we are getting to a place that is outside of the norm, an extraordinary place. It is a new place to work from and to launch ourselves from. This is where the pilgrim comes from this place of being outside the norm or outside of the normal way. It is a sabbatical.

Time to go for now. I have a few hours to work on my firewood project. Then this afternoon is a memorial service for our neighbor Chris. Another person that cancer has taken from us.

Off we go loves, Felipé.

8 thoughts on “The Day I Have Lived For”

  1. I think if appropriate to have a public burning of your mortgage at the Get Together in Aug!

  2. Congratulations on the mortgage paid off and on the Camino Gathering. We most likely won’t be there in person but certainly will be there in spirit. Maybe the next one can be at our place in Astorga.

    And the Rumi quote is my favorite, it was the tagline on my work email for about 15 years. I think I’ll put it back on my personal email as well, it is a timely concept.

    And congratulations to your body for continuing the journey on this side of eternity for such a long and loving way. Thank you for the story you (via Annie and others) share with us. I just gave a copy of the DVD to a friend who is both a spiritual seeker and on a cancer journey. I look forward to hearing her response to it.

    Buen Camino,
    Ronaldo

    1. Thank you Ronaldo ECBC, I always feel like you are right here no matter what continent you are on. Good luck with your current mission. Hopefully the Camino will provide for you there as you travel. Looking forward to seeing you soon. Hello to Ann. Felipé.

  3. Dear Phil and Rebecca,
    Congratulations!!! That is a massive achievement, even more in the context this has occurred… dealing with the medical expenses, lower energies to use on work… and also in this same time you offered so much generosity at the tapas table… and to the many guests just as you did with myself… (I have reflected on that so many times, you won’t imagine the number…) Now, it is a very touching thing that your next stop is the get-together in August, but I think it is time to think on another one, what about visiting me in Argentina? or what about returning to Spain? Whatever it is, the best is to think that the next “stops” in the way, will for sure be “shared”, for sure will include your loved ones (even ones you have yet to meet along the way) and a tapas table.

    I can’t wait for our next encounter! And by the way, we need to start doing some planning, don’t we? 🙂
    Togethernessing Love,
    Cris

    1. Hey Cris ~ Yes, I am happy that we have achieved this goal. It was a long time coming. And now we are looking forward to August. Hurrah! Do we need a planning committee? Is that what I hear? Felipé.x

      1. That’s why you are the boss… as always, you give the appropriate language to the situation… We need a “Planning and Executive Committee”! And we need to put in our calendars a teleconference for the Kick-Off meeting. As your “right hand” for this event, I will prepare an agenda to have us started.

        Thank you for the trust, boss!
        Love
        SACBC Cris

        1. Cris ~ thanks this is why you get the big bucks! We need to do a FaceTime soon. Felipé.x

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