In a separate post later, I may share some of the more \u2018Spiritual\u2019 elements of my Camino.\u00a0 Not quite \u2018burning bushes\u2019 but it was close a few times!<\/p>\n
For now, I\u2019ll talk about that whole issue of answers and questions<\/em>.<\/p>\n Early in my Camino I was searching for answers.<\/p>\n What to do differently with my life, what direction to take and sub consciously to a degree, what to do about my work life.\u00a0\u00a0 Like many business owners, I tend to be a workaholic.<\/p>\n This was one of the main reasons I felt the need to get away and have a real break, away from distractions.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been running my own businesses for almost 20 years and had a \u2018full on\u2019 career for 20 years prior to that. \u00a0\u00a0So the only way to get \u2018time out\u2019 to reflect on things was to drop into the Amazon Jungle for a month, or walk the Camino.\u00a0 And I don\u2019t like snakes\u2026..<\/p>\n So here I was, with all the time in the World to reflect and ponder.\u00a0 And certainly the first 10 days or so were all about unwinding and getting into the \u2018Rhythm\u2019 of the walk.\u00a0 I found those first 10 days were almost the best.\u00a0 It was just so different to my normal routine.\u00a0 It was a real pleasure to just get up each day and walk.\u00a0 To take in my surroundings, nature, other pilgrims.\u00a0 It was a real pleasure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I then started to search for answers.<\/p>\n Or at least to open up my mind to answers and ideas that might come along.\u00a0 I think this was a key to the success of my Camino.\u00a0 (Recognising that we all walk our Camino in our own way).<\/p>\n I had no pre conceived ideas of how things would unfold in terms of the Physical, Emotional and Spiritual journey.\u00a0 I was open to whatever was thrown at me.\u00a0 And I made a point of reinforcing this each day.\u00a0 Because each day I would visit a Church, at least once.\u00a0 And if there was no Church open, I\u2019d find a suitable quiet spot along the way.<\/p>\n I had a simple daily mantra.\u00a0 Thank you for allowing me to undertake this journey for another day, and I promise to do so with an open heart and an open mind, so that I don\u2019t miss any key lessons that you have for me.<\/em> \u00a0\u00a0I guess that was as much for me to hear, as anyone else \u2018upstairs\u2019 who might be listening.<\/p>\n Then I think it was on one of my \u2018down\u2019 days I realised that I was searching in the wrong place<\/span>.\u00a0 I was searching for answers, when in fact I should have been searching for the right question<\/strong>.<\/p>\n And over the next couple of days, the question came to me…..<\/p>\n What do you want out of life?\u00a0 <\/em>I didn\u2019t share this at the time, because it seemed too simple and I still had to process the answers.\u00a0 And maybe other \u2018elements\u2019 would still come in to play?<\/p>\n Then the answer came as I was walking out of Granon. \u00a0On that perfect day.\u00a0 It was as if all the planets aligned and the answer was pure and simple.\u00a0 Happiness<\/em>.\u00a0 If I could have bottled up all the emotion I felt in that couple of hours out of Granon I would have. \u00a0It was pure bliss.\u00a0 I was walking on air in one of the happiest moments of my life.<\/p>\n So my reflections now took a different direction.\u00a0 In order for me to be happy, what would need to happen?\u00a0 And of course the pieces started to fall into place.\u00a0 Family, friends, work colleagues, clients.\u00a0 It was all about people and relationships.\u00a0 The work \u2018stuff\u2019 and the materialistic \u2018stuff\u2019 were not the goals.\u00a0 Just tools that would enable happy things to happen and perhaps give more freedom of choice.<\/p>\n My Brother Dave was a bit apprehensive I think when I mentioned that I would \u2018reveal\u2019 my big revelation at the end of my Camino!\u00a0 When we met for dinner that night in Ambasmestas, I assured him it was nothing to worry about<\/span> and that it was still a \u2018work in progress\u2019!<\/p>\n So my challenge now is really two-fold.<\/p>\n Firstly to reflect further on my plans to achieve greater happiness in my life.\u00a0 And start to put them into place of course.<\/p>\n And secondly, to see how that changes my work life into the future.\u00a0 And I suspect it will only change things for the good J<\/p>\n I\u2019ll keep you posted\u2026..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OK, I said that I would share my Camino Revelations when I got to Santiago. 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