Day 49
From the movie “The Way” Daniel Avery speaking to his father Tom on their way to the airport. 

Daniel: You should fly with me.
Tom: What?
D: You should fly with me.

T: Yeah, right.

D: Turn the car around. Pack a bag. Grab your passport. Forget your golf clubs. Come on a father-son trip. It’ll be fun.

T: When you coming back?

D: I don’t know.

T: So you don’t have a plan.

D We agreed that if I let you take me to the airport you wouldn’t lecture me about how I’m ruining my life.

T: I lied. You know most people don’t have the luxury of just picking up and leaving it all behind. 

D. Well, I’m not most people. And if I don’t have your blessing that’s fine. But don’t judge this. Don’t judge me.

T: My life here might not seem like much to you. But it’s the life I choose.

D: You don’t choose a life dad, You live one.” 
This is such a poignant scene in the movie The Way. It sets up all that follows. The change of attitude; the transformation of understanding…”you don’t choose a life…you live one.”

You really don’t have to watch the movie to appreciate this scene. A father and son who have a difficult relationship. The grown son appears to be putting life on hold to travel the world (live his life) and the father disagrees with his decision…thus the conversation on the way to the airport. 

If you haven’t seen the movie I encourage it. It’s about the camino but there is so much more to it than that. You may want to walk the camino afterwards but do more research because it’s more difficult than it appears in the movie. But watch the movie to listen and learn about living life. 

“You don’t choose a life…You live one.” 
Buen Camino!

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