Pilgrims
“To live is to travel, on a voyage more epic than the odysseys of myth — not from place to place, but through the poignant strangeness of time.” — T.L Rese
Pham Ngoc • 1. Travel makes you realize that no matter how much you know, there’s always more to learn.”
for i am a drifter,
an aimless wanderer, a rudderless boat,
a sculler who lost his oars
like a driftwood, wait for the river to take me places,
never aware whether am washed ashore or still floating,
like an oyster in a desert, wait for that odd rain drop
an aimless wanderer, a rudderless boat,
a sculler who lost his oars
like a driftwood, wait for the river to take me places,
never aware whether am washed ashore or still floating,
like an oyster in a desert, wait for that odd rain drop
driftwood
- Remain a pilgrim and a stranger upon earth, one for whom this world’s affairs hold no interest (see 1 Pet 2:11).
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
The way of the tourist is to consume; the way of the pilgrim is to be consumed. To the tourist the journey is a means. The pilgrim understands that it is both a means and an end in itself. The tourist and the pilgrim experience time differently. For the former, time is the foe that gives consumption its urgency. For the latter, time is a gift in... See more