This May, the sage along Ancient Lakes trail whispered to me from hours away, the Columbia sang deeply to me, and the rolling green hills of the Palouse hummed my name. Rivers called to me for our pilgrimage into Eastern Washington.
Pilgrimage helps you to gather the Deep Wealth that feeds your soul and heals you heart. It’s like the lovely poetry of the 23rd Psalm.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul.
Listen
Pilgrimage is all about your soul being called to a Sacred place. Heed the call and go. Simple.
But one of the most sacred places up the Columbia River from Wenatchee, kept steering me away. Several times this same place has called from three hours away. I have made pilgrimages to this canyon to gather the needed solace and inspiration it offered.
Because this place had called me before, I kept asking, but each time I asked this season, it said, “No. Not this time.”
You listen for the “yes” and the “no”. You don’t get to have it be your way, you don’t get to have what you want. Or more to the point what you think you want.
It’s like when part of me wants all the Ben and Jerry’s ice cream on the shelves. But that’s what I think I want. What I deeply want is to be happy and content. Ice cream will not provide that.
These magnificent beings of grandeur know what’s best for you and when. Listen and trust.
What did call me filled my heart. Rivers.
Ancient Lakes trail has waterfalls in the sagebrush desert.
Palouse Falls is another stunning waterfall in the desert. We were courted by a raven flying the rim. Marmot lounging in the shade of a giant sage shrub. Swallows jetting by.
Find Close-to-Home Sacred Places
I urge clients to find close-to-home pilgrimages and places of heart filling magic. This place does it for me.
Enjoy this 43 second video of my predawn pilgrimage to the Olympic Sculpture Park on Seattle’s waterfront. Even in the heart of the city, you will find a deep stillness and serenity.
Listen for the wind, the gulls, the white crowned sparrow songs, and the stillness underlying it all.
Clearly, time your urban pilgrimages so that you get what you want. For me, that first light. For others it may be the middle of the day or the night.
Walk in beauty,
William
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