Signs we never notice

Can you see the yellow arrow in the picture?   Walking The Camino has created a sense of being more aware of the hidden messages in our lives.  To be walking and in so many ways relying on finding that yellow arrow to get us there is blowing my mind.  To realise that in my life, up until now, I used other means of finding directions and now to simply find a yellow  arrow creates in me such a sense of joy and relief. Almost like euphoria.

What else is there in my life that says 'go this way and keep straight on on this path', that I do not see?  And which, if I could see,  will make it so easy to move along.

My answer came to me - to live is easy. Yes - to do the things that come easily to me. To not believe that if what I'm doing is effortless then it's not really doing anything. I will move in my easy mode more.

The Camino taught me this lesson yesterday. Because we couldn't find a place to stay overnight, I let the place we found decide our distance of the walk we will walk for the day.  I could tell my body was not in sync with this idea and  the struggle and the pain showed up in my body when I felt I was being superhuman.

Many times along the way we stopped to rest and to replenish with food and all was going well until we reached the 9.56 miles mark.  Yes,  miles. Then my body started rebelling. My thoughts were either I keep walking or I fail on my first day. When Abbas started asking  me more often whether I was ok, I told him not to worry and that on reaching the next town we will catch the bus.  We've don'e well, we're almost there.  And this is not a race or a test to see what we can do.

There were no buses because it was Saturday and everyone were people chilling and enjoying the water on the spectacular beach.  We spoke to two cops on bikes who said Vila do Conde was 6 km away.  Yes, 6 kilometers only. And neither them or anyone else knew about buses running that day.

I tried calling an Uber but my app didn't work so a kind waiter helped us call a cab.  Abbas and I  gave the cab driver the address we were going to and suddenly I realised that the gap in my intention filled up. Go with the flow and take it easy. Because when the cab driver got off the road and drove away from the direction we knew we were going,  I knew he was taking the longer way there. 

Sitting in front in with the driver was Abbas and I saw that he was looking at the driver suspiciously. He had obviously also realised that we were going the opposite way.  Let him be, I assured Abbas, look, I can see that he has the address on his gps but he's taking the long way there.  And once we settled in, then we started seeing the parts of Vila do Conde that we'd not have seen  if we didn't get in this cab!