The Walk - Why I Returned to Glendalough

The Walk

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I’m writing this from a quiet mountain trail overlooking the Upper Lake of Glendalough. The same path Saint Kevin walked 1,500 years ago. And maybe, in some small way, I’m walking it too.

I came to Ireland not for a vacation, but for something I’ve needed for a long time: space. A chance to step out of the noise of everyday life and into the stillness that lets me hear again—really hear—what matters.

Why do we create, write, or tell stories when the world feels like it’s falling apart?

That’s the question I brought with me to this retreat. And it’s the question I explore in this episode. Along the way, I talk about:

Why storytelling is a form of resistance
What C.S. Lewis said about writing during war
How Saint Kevin’s cave taught me something about my own mission
What a real writer’s retreat looks like (yes, it involves laundry, hiking, and no Wi-Fi)

I’m not here to escape the world. I’m here to recharge so I can return to it with something worth sharing.

Come walk with me.

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