Camino Reflection - Looking for the arrows

As you travel The Camino, there are waymarkers to keep you on the path. Sometimes you see scallop shells, but mostly you see yellow arrows that point you in the direction you should go.
Sometimes you go a long way without seeing a waymarker. You begin to question whether you have strayed from the path.

Then a waymarker appears to reassure you. You have to really pay attention sometimes to see the waymarkers. You can miss them if you are distracted.  Occasionally you get off the path (

intentionally or not) but there is usually someone to call your attention to your waywardness and point you back in the right direction.
And when you have left the path completely, and you need to find it again, you seek a church because the path always goes by there.

I find that The Camino is a metaphor for our lives. We seek waymarkers to confirm that we are on the right path. Sometimes we get anxious when we haven't seen a waymarker for awhile and we want confirmation that we are on the right path. There are often people who help guide us when we stray, and the church is always there to set us on the right path again.
I wish you all a Buen Camino!