{"id":5124,"date":"2021-11-23T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=5124"},"modified":"2021-11-22T21:56:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T21:56:32","slug":"following-the-path-from-ireland-to-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/23\/following-the-path-from-ireland-to-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Following the Path: From Ireland to the Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u00a9CindyThomson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I think a lot of people would agree that life’s a journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the cradle to the grave, the life we live leads us onward, and if we believe in following Christ, it leads us to a greater reward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Perhaps that is why when I was in Ireland I kept snapping photographs of paths, gateways and doors. I like to have a visual image of this spiritual concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral RC, Armagh, Northern Ireland \u00a9CindyThomson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My photos are pretty varied. I’m only including a few in this post. I suppose you could read something into that, such as there are many roads to heaven. As a Christian, I believe Jesus is the One Way, but truly people are finding him in many places. I think a lot of people feel that Ireland is a thin place, the kind of place that drips history, and culture, and spiritual longing. I have yet to travel to all the places I’d like to, but I am sure there are other places in the world with that kind of feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A back door at Drumcliffe near the burial of WB Yeats. County Sligo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Man-Made Paths<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have many photographs of pathways that men built. (And women if applicable.) I can see the creativity in these images. God is the Great Creator, and being made in the image of God, we are also creative spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9CindyThomson Clonmacnoise and the River Shannon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Trinity College, Dublin \u00a9CindyThomson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Nature’s Paths<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Path next to St. Brendan’s Clonfert Cathedral, County Galway \u00a9CindyThomson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Finding a path in nature, even if humans blazed it, can also be an inspiration. There is a path next to St. Brendan’s cathedral in Clonfert, County Galway, that is sign-marked as a nun’s walk. A tree at the head of the path bears the prayers and cloths and ribbons of sojourners. But following the path beyond through the wee forest, I felt as though I could breathe deeper than I could out near the road. It was like a secret garden. These photos are from that exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9CindyThomson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Do You Have a Path You Like to Walk?<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think a lot of people would agree that life’s a journey. From the cradle to the grave, the life we live leads us onward, and if we believe in following Christ, it leads us to a greater reward. Perhaps that is why when I was in Ireland I kept snapping photographs of paths, gateways…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,78,95,51,6,94,81,1],"tags":[144],"class_list":["post-5124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-ireland","category-drumcliffe","category-dublin","category-inspiration","category-ireland","category-irish-photos","category-sligo","category-uncategorized","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5133,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5124\/revisions\/5133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}