Soulmates of the Camino de Santiago
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Book Introduction
This book is a touching story of a couple in their fifties who set out on a pilgrimage to Santiago together, become soulmates through faith and love, and return to the real world.
Despite hearing from those around them the worrying words, “No matter how close you are, if you travel together, you’ll end up fighting,” this book meticulously records the daily life of a couple who, while walking together, meditate on the love of God and love of neighbors, strengthen their love between them, and become true soulmates.
In addition, it tells in detail about the process of preparing for the pilgrimage and life after the pilgrimage.
This book not only provides detailed information on how to prepare for the Camino de Santiago, but also shows those who cannot currently dream of the Camino de Santiago due to financial constraints the attitude they should have on their life's journey in order to meet their true soulmate.
It will be a good guide for many people who wish to become soulmates for each other.
Despite hearing from those around them the worrying words, “No matter how close you are, if you travel together, you’ll end up fighting,” this book meticulously records the daily life of a couple who, while walking together, meditate on the love of God and love of neighbors, strengthen their love between them, and become true soulmates.
In addition, it tells in detail about the process of preparing for the pilgrimage and life after the pilgrimage.
This book not only provides detailed information on how to prepare for the Camino de Santiago, but also shows those who cannot currently dream of the Camino de Santiago due to financial constraints the attitude they should have on their life's journey in order to meet their true soulmate.
It will be a good guide for many people who wish to become soulmates for each other.
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index
Getting to Know the Camino
What is the 'Camino'?
Preparing for the Camino
Walk a hundred kilometers? Are you crazy?
Training is important!
Learning 'Love' on the Camino
A word in Spanish
Camino Walking
Now we are pilgrims!
The path of motivation
Buen Camino!
Cicadas are beautiful
First mistake
Peace after hardship
What is truth?
At your own pace!
The Age of Toe Suffering
The Path of Soulmates
The pitiful eyes of a wife
Talking about truth and faith
Four Leaf Clover Lady
A meticulous German couple
Burgos, nice to meet you!
Pain is part of the Camino!
Downhill road that kills mules
My wife has been like this since long ago, and I am like this now!
The Path of Consideration
The Romanesque-style Basilica of San Martin
This is Meseta!
Our Lady in pilgrim's attire
Considerate mind
To Leon!
Let's get off the Camino for a while
Unusual Holy Week Procession
Walking in the Rain on Good Friday
Feel God's guidance
The path of challenge
Ask for a prayer
On the importance of marital love
God who is with us
Becoming a Christian
Galicia region
Walking through the fog
Jesus and the Virgin Mary with unique appearances
The Way of Gratitude
With a grateful heart
Finally to Santiago!
Finisterre, the village at the end of the land
Camino, and after that
Living life again
Camino with his wife, Lee Yun-sun
supplement
How does the Camino work?
Main Camino Routes
Walking the Camino together
What is the 'Camino'?
Preparing for the Camino
Walk a hundred kilometers? Are you crazy?
Training is important!
Learning 'Love' on the Camino
A word in Spanish
Camino Walking
Now we are pilgrims!
The path of motivation
Buen Camino!
Cicadas are beautiful
First mistake
Peace after hardship
What is truth?
At your own pace!
The Age of Toe Suffering
The Path of Soulmates
The pitiful eyes of a wife
Talking about truth and faith
Four Leaf Clover Lady
A meticulous German couple
Burgos, nice to meet you!
Pain is part of the Camino!
Downhill road that kills mules
My wife has been like this since long ago, and I am like this now!
The Path of Consideration
The Romanesque-style Basilica of San Martin
This is Meseta!
Our Lady in pilgrim's attire
Considerate mind
To Leon!
Let's get off the Camino for a while
Unusual Holy Week Procession
Walking in the Rain on Good Friday
Feel God's guidance
The path of challenge
Ask for a prayer
On the importance of marital love
God who is with us
Becoming a Christian
Galicia region
Walking through the fog
Jesus and the Virgin Mary with unique appearances
The Way of Gratitude
With a grateful heart
Finally to Santiago!
Finisterre, the village at the end of the land
Camino, and after that
Living life again
Camino with his wife, Lee Yun-sun
supplement
How does the Camino work?
Main Camino Routes
Walking the Camino together
Detailed image
Into the book
The Camino is a long walk.
But what exactly does walking mean? Why do we walk?
We thought we should pick a topic to think about while walking the Camino.
Then, I decided on ‘love of God’, ‘love of neighbor’, and ‘love of spouse’.
--- pp.33-34
Yesterday my wife was worried about my feet and said, “Send your luggage by taxi tomorrow and walk barefoot.
“Then, the burden on your feet will be reduced, and your feet will be able to heal faster,” he said.
I was actually touched by those words.
But after hearing this Canadian woman's story today, I began to rebuke myself for thinking that was wrong. I never thought the Camino was God's will.
Simply? I was just trying to avoid the current difficulties.
The same goes for how we deal with the difficulties we encounter in life.
Hardships will certainly be a part of life, and in terms of time, they will only last a short period of time compared to a lifetime.
But when difficulties arise, it feels as if your whole life has been difficult, and if you can't endure that moment, your whole life will be scarred.
Therefore, even if difficulties arise, if you believe that there are more good aspects than bad, that it is only a temporary difficulty and that good times will come again in the future, and that you can overcome them easily.
If I believe that doing so is the way to follow God's will, I believe God will surely give me strength.
--- pp.154-155
If I think about it carefully, I think this might be God's will.
It was not easy to decide to stay here and not go any further, to meet a priest in the cathedral, a Benedictine priest at that, to have him readily appoint me as a reader and for me to accept his request without hesitation.
But it all happened in an instant, as if it had been planned in advance? Without hesitation?
The more I thought about it, the more amazing it became.
I felt excited.
My wife liked it too.
--- p.233
As we passed through the village of Poncebadon, it started to rain heavily.
I climbed the hill in a raincoat in the wind and rain and arrived at the Iron Cross.
The altitude is 1,505m.
A small cross stands on a tall pillar.
It is the cross at the highest point on the Camino.
The prayers of countless people have turned into a pile of stones surrounding the iron cross.
A young man knelt in front of an iron cross and prayed for a long time, even in the rain.
We also placed prayers received from many people and stones containing our prayers under the iron cross and prayed.
“Lord, please give us grace as we walk this path and give us strength so that we do not lose courage.
Also, please hear the earnest prayers of all who ask here.” --- p.241
My husband and I believe that through this Camino, we have become closer and have a better understanding of each other through spending so much time together.
No, rather, it would be more accurate to say that efforts were made to make it so.
However, there is no guarantee that this good relationship will continue in the future.
To maintain this state, we must make more effort to understand each other, even in small matters.
Now we know that.
My husband and I have definitely learned on this Camino that we need to make an effort to care for and understand each other, even in the smallest things.
As companions who walk the path of life together, we must continue to work hard.
--- p.254
Dandelions blooming along the roadside dyed the ground yellow.
My wife found a four-leaf clover on the roadside here too.
Today, I gave out the four-leaf clover I found to everyone I met, saying “Buen Camino!”
I think there were six people who gave me four-leaf clovers today.
Everyone liked it.
It reaffirms that purity is a powerful force everywhere.
You also learn that the way to make others happy is not so difficult or far away.
--- pp.263-264
As I was going inside, a note stuck next to the main door stopped me in my tracks.
'To be a Christian is to try to imitate Jesus within our own limitations.'
I stood there for a long time, thinking about the meaning of the phrase.
I thought I became a believer the moment I was baptized.
But in reality, my life as a believer was not much different from when I didn't have faith.
Of course, I attended dawn and Sunday Masses and studied the Bible, which I hadn't done in the past, but I didn't think those things had fundamentally changed my life.
I wondered what the point of having faith was if there was no change in my life, and I had doubts about what the attitude of a believer should be.
But it was only after I came across this phrase today that I realized what a believer does.
A person who sets the standard of life on Jesus and strives to become like Him is a person of faith. In other words, a person of faith does not live differently, but rather, a person who always lives with faith as the standard of value in the life given to him.
It was a phrase that clearly showed the attitude I should have as a believer.
--- pp.266-267
Life on the Camino was incomparably more painful and miserable than it is now.
However, the Camino was a time of free thought, a time to think freely about countless things: thoughts about faith, thoughts about life, thoughts about my existence, thoughts about my relationship with others, etc.
That time was definitely more meaningful than any time in the past.
As I thought about this, I came to believe that living a meaningful life is not about evaluating one's life by the standards of wealth, sorrow, success, or failure, but rather by "living by giving value to the very fact of being alive."
Then, I felt that my existence, that is, my very existence, was a grace from God, and I found myself praying, “Thank you, God!”
But what exactly does walking mean? Why do we walk?
We thought we should pick a topic to think about while walking the Camino.
Then, I decided on ‘love of God’, ‘love of neighbor’, and ‘love of spouse’.
--- pp.33-34
Yesterday my wife was worried about my feet and said, “Send your luggage by taxi tomorrow and walk barefoot.
“Then, the burden on your feet will be reduced, and your feet will be able to heal faster,” he said.
I was actually touched by those words.
But after hearing this Canadian woman's story today, I began to rebuke myself for thinking that was wrong. I never thought the Camino was God's will.
Simply? I was just trying to avoid the current difficulties.
The same goes for how we deal with the difficulties we encounter in life.
Hardships will certainly be a part of life, and in terms of time, they will only last a short period of time compared to a lifetime.
But when difficulties arise, it feels as if your whole life has been difficult, and if you can't endure that moment, your whole life will be scarred.
Therefore, even if difficulties arise, if you believe that there are more good aspects than bad, that it is only a temporary difficulty and that good times will come again in the future, and that you can overcome them easily.
If I believe that doing so is the way to follow God's will, I believe God will surely give me strength.
--- pp.154-155
If I think about it carefully, I think this might be God's will.
It was not easy to decide to stay here and not go any further, to meet a priest in the cathedral, a Benedictine priest at that, to have him readily appoint me as a reader and for me to accept his request without hesitation.
But it all happened in an instant, as if it had been planned in advance? Without hesitation?
The more I thought about it, the more amazing it became.
I felt excited.
My wife liked it too.
--- p.233
As we passed through the village of Poncebadon, it started to rain heavily.
I climbed the hill in a raincoat in the wind and rain and arrived at the Iron Cross.
The altitude is 1,505m.
A small cross stands on a tall pillar.
It is the cross at the highest point on the Camino.
The prayers of countless people have turned into a pile of stones surrounding the iron cross.
A young man knelt in front of an iron cross and prayed for a long time, even in the rain.
We also placed prayers received from many people and stones containing our prayers under the iron cross and prayed.
“Lord, please give us grace as we walk this path and give us strength so that we do not lose courage.
Also, please hear the earnest prayers of all who ask here.” --- p.241
My husband and I believe that through this Camino, we have become closer and have a better understanding of each other through spending so much time together.
No, rather, it would be more accurate to say that efforts were made to make it so.
However, there is no guarantee that this good relationship will continue in the future.
To maintain this state, we must make more effort to understand each other, even in small matters.
Now we know that.
My husband and I have definitely learned on this Camino that we need to make an effort to care for and understand each other, even in the smallest things.
As companions who walk the path of life together, we must continue to work hard.
--- p.254
Dandelions blooming along the roadside dyed the ground yellow.
My wife found a four-leaf clover on the roadside here too.
Today, I gave out the four-leaf clover I found to everyone I met, saying “Buen Camino!”
I think there were six people who gave me four-leaf clovers today.
Everyone liked it.
It reaffirms that purity is a powerful force everywhere.
You also learn that the way to make others happy is not so difficult or far away.
--- pp.263-264
As I was going inside, a note stuck next to the main door stopped me in my tracks.
'To be a Christian is to try to imitate Jesus within our own limitations.'
I stood there for a long time, thinking about the meaning of the phrase.
I thought I became a believer the moment I was baptized.
But in reality, my life as a believer was not much different from when I didn't have faith.
Of course, I attended dawn and Sunday Masses and studied the Bible, which I hadn't done in the past, but I didn't think those things had fundamentally changed my life.
I wondered what the point of having faith was if there was no change in my life, and I had doubts about what the attitude of a believer should be.
But it was only after I came across this phrase today that I realized what a believer does.
A person who sets the standard of life on Jesus and strives to become like Him is a person of faith. In other words, a person of faith does not live differently, but rather, a person who always lives with faith as the standard of value in the life given to him.
It was a phrase that clearly showed the attitude I should have as a believer.
--- pp.266-267
Life on the Camino was incomparably more painful and miserable than it is now.
However, the Camino was a time of free thought, a time to think freely about countless things: thoughts about faith, thoughts about life, thoughts about my existence, thoughts about my relationship with others, etc.
That time was definitely more meaningful than any time in the past.
As I thought about this, I came to believe that living a meaningful life is not about evaluating one's life by the standards of wealth, sorrow, success, or failure, but rather by "living by giving value to the very fact of being alive."
Then, I felt that my existence, that is, my very existence, was a grace from God, and I found myself praying, “Thank you, God!”
--- pp.312-313
Publisher's Review
A book for those who long for a soulmate
Become a soulmate in your fifties!
This book is a special story about a couple in their fifties who set out on a pilgrimage to Santiago together, became soulmates there, and returned to the realm of life.
These days, when we see news of celebrity divorces almost every day, a middle-aged couple who have been together for thirty years and seem to have no more excitement or newness left after going on a pilgrimage together for over a month and saying, “We finally became soulmates on that journey!” What on earth happened to this couple?
The author, a novice in the faith who didn't even know what Santiago was, said to his wife, "What? Walking 800 kilometers? Are you crazy?" when she suggested they go to Santiago.
It was perhaps providence that he chose to go on that journey with his wife, ignoring the dissuasion of those around him who said, “No matter how close you are, you’ll end up arguing if you travel together.”
They take each step along the path that requires them to be together for 24 hours straight, with meditative themes such as love of God, love of neighbor, and love between spouses.
The fruit will be the concrete learning of how to become a true soulmate.
A collaborative work created by a couple
The author, who majored in business administration and worked in the finance department of a large corporation, has never written before.
However, the pilgrimage to Santiago, which was so different from the life he had lived up to that point, was so moving that he could not bear not to write, and so he wrote for the first time in his life.
Thanks to the careful notes I took every day during my pilgrimage, I was able to write without difficulty when I decided to do so.
The wife diligently took pictures while her husband took notes of everything, and the joint work, “Soulmates of the Camino de Santiago,” was born, “just like a couple becoming one.”
Two covers at the same time!
This book has two covers available at the same time.
This is the first attempt by a Catholic publisher to present two completely different covers, in order to broaden the range of choices for readers.
We created two covers simultaneously: a more vibrant one that better expresses the excitement of those embarking on a journey, and a more comfortable one that emotionally expresses the deep meditation and unity of a couple's love.
Readers simply choose the cover that suits their taste.
Making a love potion
The author, who decided to go to Santiago less than a year after being baptized, feels and confesses the presence of God who is always with us through meditation on the road.
I received God's love unilaterally before I even knew how to love God.
We were filled with God's love throughout this Camino.
Even in the midst of pain, I could feel God's love that healed that pain through enlightenment.
The love of God that we first thought of was not love from God, but love toward God.
I wanted to know how to love God.
But we received God's love unilaterally before we knew how to love God.
If we think about it carefully, we can only feel God's love when we turn toward God.
And then I realize.
God's love is always, everywhere, to everyone, and to everything.
So, receiving God's love is not something we receive specifically from God, but rather realizing that our daily lives are all made up of God's love.
(Page 300, 'Finally to Santiago!, 33 Days of the Camino')
The couple meets and part ways with countless people along the Camino de Santiago.
We learn love from people who are different in age, nationality, appearance, motivation, and thoughts, but who understand and care for each other as they walk together.
If you give love, you will receive love, and if you receive love, you will give love again.
Soon the door to the albergue opened.
But the backpack owners in front of us didn't show up.
So, I was trying to register first, but the backpackers, who seemed to be an elderly couple, came in.
Of course, we should have given them the go-ahead to register first, but instead, they told us to register first.
If I'd missed my turn, would I have been able to yield like that? And that wasn't all.
Even though he couldn't communicate with me, he felt sorry for me when he saw that my toe had burst and gave me some alcohol to disinfect it.
Even if it means suffering a little loss, we learn a lot from seeing people who are considerate of others.
When will I ever reach that level? (pp. 106-107, "The Age of Passion, the Seven Days of the Camino")
There is a joke that a husband in his fifties who prepares three meals a day at home is a bold man, and most husbands in their fifties yearn for freedom more than togetherness.
In your fifties, going through a difficult journey in a situation where you can't leave even for a moment, you can't help but become sensitive.
At this point, even the best of couples will inevitably start arguing.
But the couple turned this painful time into a precious opportunity to strengthen their love for each other.
I was so busy thinking about my wife that I didn't have time to think about my weight.
After walking a little while, my wife said something.
"are you okay?"
I felt my wife's love.
I felt a surge of happiness because my wife seemed to recognize my sacrifices for her.
It's amazing how you can feel love even in such small things.
I had this level of affection at home, but I felt it here in a way I hadn't felt back then.
If you think about it, love is not something far away or difficult to practice, but something that can be easily found and practiced in everyday life.
Recognizing and expressing the other person's efforts.
It's not really that difficult, but it seems like I don't usually do it well.
I suddenly felt strong.
Love is a potion that gives strength, isn't it? The wildflowers blooming in the meadow looked especially beautiful.
(Pages 53-54, 'Buen Camino, Camino Day 1')
Are you looking for your soulmate?
Perhaps you can't dream of making the Camino de Santiago now because of financial constraints, but dream of walking this path with your husband, wife, friend, or colleague in the future? This book offers insight into the attitude you should adopt on your life's journey to meet your true soulmate, even if you can't make it to Santiago right away.
It will be a good guide to life for many people who wish to become each other's soulmates.
Readers of this book might be able to say the same thing to someone they are walking the path of life with, just like this couple.
“We have become true soulmates!”
Become a soulmate in your fifties!
This book is a special story about a couple in their fifties who set out on a pilgrimage to Santiago together, became soulmates there, and returned to the realm of life.
These days, when we see news of celebrity divorces almost every day, a middle-aged couple who have been together for thirty years and seem to have no more excitement or newness left after going on a pilgrimage together for over a month and saying, “We finally became soulmates on that journey!” What on earth happened to this couple?
The author, a novice in the faith who didn't even know what Santiago was, said to his wife, "What? Walking 800 kilometers? Are you crazy?" when she suggested they go to Santiago.
It was perhaps providence that he chose to go on that journey with his wife, ignoring the dissuasion of those around him who said, “No matter how close you are, you’ll end up arguing if you travel together.”
They take each step along the path that requires them to be together for 24 hours straight, with meditative themes such as love of God, love of neighbor, and love between spouses.
The fruit will be the concrete learning of how to become a true soulmate.
A collaborative work created by a couple
The author, who majored in business administration and worked in the finance department of a large corporation, has never written before.
However, the pilgrimage to Santiago, which was so different from the life he had lived up to that point, was so moving that he could not bear not to write, and so he wrote for the first time in his life.
Thanks to the careful notes I took every day during my pilgrimage, I was able to write without difficulty when I decided to do so.
The wife diligently took pictures while her husband took notes of everything, and the joint work, “Soulmates of the Camino de Santiago,” was born, “just like a couple becoming one.”
Two covers at the same time!
This book has two covers available at the same time.
This is the first attempt by a Catholic publisher to present two completely different covers, in order to broaden the range of choices for readers.
We created two covers simultaneously: a more vibrant one that better expresses the excitement of those embarking on a journey, and a more comfortable one that emotionally expresses the deep meditation and unity of a couple's love.
Readers simply choose the cover that suits their taste.
Making a love potion
The author, who decided to go to Santiago less than a year after being baptized, feels and confesses the presence of God who is always with us through meditation on the road.
I received God's love unilaterally before I even knew how to love God.
We were filled with God's love throughout this Camino.
Even in the midst of pain, I could feel God's love that healed that pain through enlightenment.
The love of God that we first thought of was not love from God, but love toward God.
I wanted to know how to love God.
But we received God's love unilaterally before we knew how to love God.
If we think about it carefully, we can only feel God's love when we turn toward God.
And then I realize.
God's love is always, everywhere, to everyone, and to everything.
So, receiving God's love is not something we receive specifically from God, but rather realizing that our daily lives are all made up of God's love.
(Page 300, 'Finally to Santiago!, 33 Days of the Camino')
The couple meets and part ways with countless people along the Camino de Santiago.
We learn love from people who are different in age, nationality, appearance, motivation, and thoughts, but who understand and care for each other as they walk together.
If you give love, you will receive love, and if you receive love, you will give love again.
Soon the door to the albergue opened.
But the backpack owners in front of us didn't show up.
So, I was trying to register first, but the backpackers, who seemed to be an elderly couple, came in.
Of course, we should have given them the go-ahead to register first, but instead, they told us to register first.
If I'd missed my turn, would I have been able to yield like that? And that wasn't all.
Even though he couldn't communicate with me, he felt sorry for me when he saw that my toe had burst and gave me some alcohol to disinfect it.
Even if it means suffering a little loss, we learn a lot from seeing people who are considerate of others.
When will I ever reach that level? (pp. 106-107, "The Age of Passion, the Seven Days of the Camino")
There is a joke that a husband in his fifties who prepares three meals a day at home is a bold man, and most husbands in their fifties yearn for freedom more than togetherness.
In your fifties, going through a difficult journey in a situation where you can't leave even for a moment, you can't help but become sensitive.
At this point, even the best of couples will inevitably start arguing.
But the couple turned this painful time into a precious opportunity to strengthen their love for each other.
I was so busy thinking about my wife that I didn't have time to think about my weight.
After walking a little while, my wife said something.
"are you okay?"
I felt my wife's love.
I felt a surge of happiness because my wife seemed to recognize my sacrifices for her.
It's amazing how you can feel love even in such small things.
I had this level of affection at home, but I felt it here in a way I hadn't felt back then.
If you think about it, love is not something far away or difficult to practice, but something that can be easily found and practiced in everyday life.
Recognizing and expressing the other person's efforts.
It's not really that difficult, but it seems like I don't usually do it well.
I suddenly felt strong.
Love is a potion that gives strength, isn't it? The wildflowers blooming in the meadow looked especially beautiful.
(Pages 53-54, 'Buen Camino, Camino Day 1')
Are you looking for your soulmate?
Perhaps you can't dream of making the Camino de Santiago now because of financial constraints, but dream of walking this path with your husband, wife, friend, or colleague in the future? This book offers insight into the attitude you should adopt on your life's journey to meet your true soulmate, even if you can't make it to Santiago right away.
It will be a good guide to life for many people who wish to become each other's soulmates.
Readers of this book might be able to say the same thing to someone they are walking the path of life with, just like this couple.
“We have become true soulmates!”
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of publication: April 16, 2012
- Page count, weight, size: 345 pages | 442g | 140*206*30mm
- ISBN13: 9788932112657
- ISBN10: 8932112657
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