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From Thabang’s Reflections
“For me the pilgrimage provided an interdependence of my life and the
opportunity to get away from daily environment around me. The
life and connect with nature, and by pilgrimage also provided me the
so doing connect with myself. I opportunity to have some quiet
experienced joy in every little thing time away from the demands of my
that I observed, things that I usually normal daily life, so I could reflect
take for granted. The joy of waking deeply. As you know … this life
up to a fresh day, delighting in the provides us with less time to get in
observation of my life-giving breath, touch with ourselves, because we
experiencing some great wonders are so preoccupied with other
around me, the trees, the water, things, relationships, work and
the mountains, the sky … even the other troubles of this world. So, the
unique aromas around me, the pilgrimage, in a way, provided me
sounds of the birds …. the sensation with a break from all that; the
of the soft breeze… The other worries … because it gave me a
pleasure I derived was to observe much needed chance to clear my
myself, my environment and the head, to focus on positive things
people around me and also to and gain a renewed perspective on
observe how everything is life. Within our group there was an
interconnected, the observable diversity, which gave me
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