And, into the sunlight...

OK, as of this morning, I'm out of the Long Retreat. I'm smoked. For the fact I haven't done much over the last month (depending on how you measure these things), I'm exhausted. I probably won't post a lot here about what went on...it just doesn't translate into 'web' that well. Of course, I am also in the process of figuring it all out myself, and THAT will take me a while. If you want to know what it was like, for me, it was like a Spiritual Ranger School. Only with more food. I didn't get a lot of sleep (self-inflicted). I had a great spiritual guide and companion. The weather was superb (it's what Northern Hemisphere dwellers would call Autumn, but not like Autumn, strangely). That's about it. So, what CAN I tell you? I ran a lot. More than that... like 6-8 miles a day and 10-15 miles on a long day. Over 4 weeks, that's a lot of miles, I can tell you. I prayed a lot. I walked and cleaned and did a lot of work in the Jesuit graveyard near by (exercising Chris W's 'preferential option for the dead.') For those of you who were praying for us, a big thanks. It helped, and believe me, I needed it. I'll file a real update and maybe a picture or two when I get back to Sydney next week.