As I enjoy my morning croissant at the Cafe du Rendez-Vous in Paris, I feel like announcing to the people all around me that this is what a croissant is supposed to taste like- perfectly crusty on the outside and wonderfully soft in the middle, with just the right amount of butter. I don't do this, of course, because I would just be preaching to the choir. To others in the cafe, a croissant such as this is the only thing one would expect. I'm sure that they would all agree that it is nothing to blog home about. It's just a croissant. C'est tout! But, to me, it is the highlight of my morning. Fellow pilgrims would understand. Very often, the highlight of a pilgrim's day is a simple, small thing that is common to others but special or new for us. And, learning to say that this one thing is enough for each day is the key to every journey we make in life.
The simple pleasure along the Camino this past September was that first cafe con leche of the day. After beginning before daybreak and walking for two hours into the cool of the morning, we stopped to savor to day.
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