I have power over no one

In a conversation this past Sunday with a refugee I have helped for so long, he made a point that was just spot on such that it became a cathartic experience in my week. He said -
"You can't have power over the community".
While control has never been my aim and such a comment may show how much I am misunderstood, it made the point that needed to be made to make me stand back and reflect.

Then the next day, I receive a message from a good friend presently doing the Camino in Spain.  Her one word reflection on her experience which hit me in the gut was that it is "liberating".  To cap it all off, I am sent a photo from the cathedral of the Sunday mass with all the bishops (sadly I cannot download it as the picture says it all) and, as I look at it, I just naturally and loudly hear the message being voiced - "Control does not work".

So the message for me was clear and liberating. I then felt so liberated inside.  I was so excited that I posted my insight on Facebook which so highlights the age we live in.  Then another friend, who has already done the Camino, sent me a message, sharing his lasting impression of that experience.  His walking the Camino meant for him, walking from
-control to compassion;
-anger to understanding;
-task to relationship.
Now that direction in life is me.  It is what I want and seek,
and always talk about; and it happened for my friends doing the Camino.

I suspect I may be doing my own Camino.  Just, as is usual with me, in my own way; and am doing it in my Bangkok which is far from a rural and appealing Spain.