Episode Notes

Hello to you listening in Foncebadón, Spain!

Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds for Thoughts on Thursday.

For several hundred miles on the Camino I carried a bag of rocks in my backpack. It wasn’t an extra penance but a gift to a dozen or so friends and family members who entrusted me with a rock and a message to leave at the Cruz de Ferro.

Today the Cruz de Ferro is a replica of the monument first erected by the ancient Celts, then dedicated by the Romans to their god, Mercury before being renamed as a Christian site in the 9th or 11th century. The tall wooden pole topped by an iron cross stands deep in the earth surrounded by a massive towering pile of rocks, stones, symbolic items and messages to represent burdens left behind.

The tradition is for a pilgrim to stand with her back to the cross and toss away the rock bidding farewell to the sins and burdens it represents. Standing in the rain I threw away rocks one-by-one imagining the relief my loved ones felt. And then my rock, fear of poverty.

Question: What ritual will you establish to lighten your own burdens, throw away your own sins?

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