Water Under the Bridge, and Picking it up Again

US/Mexico Border Wall, Borderfield State Park, CA

There has been quite a bit of water under the bridge since the last time I posted to this blog of the Newport to Newport Transcontinental Pilgrimage adventure.  Some of that water was from the Pacific back several months ago when I walked from Coronado, CA to the farthest southwest edge of the US/Mexico border over the course of three days.  The round trip clocked in at a not very impressive 34 miles, but I was fully engaged at my current day job and that's the excuse that I'm offering for now.

I was reminded this morning that action precedes a growth of faith and/or progress.  In spite of all the evidence that suggests this is actually true, I still find this concept a bit counterintuitive.  Oh, don't get me wrong, I understand it intellectually, but I have a hard time living up to this standard in my day to day life.  Be that as it may, the reinforcement of this concept has gotten me off my proverbial bottom and brought me back to write a bit more about this embryonic adventure that Rory and I are undertaking.

Since action precedes and builds faith, and I'm attempting to live more in the present moment day after day, it follows that there are some lines of action that need to be pursued on our way across the country.  For now, those lines of action can be grouped into three major efforts....

1.  The Physical - training, experimenting with various bits of kit, toughening up, and whatnot

2.  The Intellectual - learning, planning, map recon, business planning, incorporating, advertising, picking a cause to champion, retiring debt, saving, fund raising, etc.

3.  The Spiritual - visions, dreaming, documenting, photographing, reading, and experiencing

To manifest the vision of walking across the country and realize the full spiritual nature of this adventure, it is clear that I must undertake additional action in each of these major efforts, incrementally, one small step, one day a time.  Today, this is my spiritual practice, and I look forward to the adventure as it unfolds.