- Cata Basilio
- 10 may 2023
- 2 Min. de lectura

“If you believe in magic, come along with me” whispered The Lovin' Spoonful in my ears and I actually heard them. I was felling empty, alienated and sad. It was 1 am in the morning and I suddenly woke up with this song. My job was no longer a healthy place for me, I had to leave.
Nobody taught me at school how to deal with harassment at work, neither face men in business with a strong speech and won my victory without a scratch. I was a mess, and it wasn't my fault. But still, I saw the table of my kitchen that night and acknowledged how this movie was really over.
Today is my last day, Im gonna talk and they will listen to me, don’t bother to choose silent soul, we will get loud (as J-lo says, thank you J-lo).
I turned on the music and danced with a glass of cheap wine in my right hand till the sun showed up at the end of the road.
That morning, as soon as I closed my laptop I bought a ticket to Madrid. Buenos Aires — Madrid with two stopovers (one in Sao Paulo, another in Lisbon). Two weeks later, I was leaving my cat, my apartment and my “almost boyfriend” in Argentina, heading to Madrid and my dreamed Camino de Santiago.
I walked 270 km in 13 days, surrounded by nature, silence and birds. Tons of birds. I found a different sense of energy within those trees. Something changed me everyday. There were answers in the sky, in the butterflies I ran into, in the amazing people I met.
So, here is the incredible fact. My best friend passed away 6 years ago. One of those days in the Camino I talked to him, “hey dude, please give me a signal you are here. I really truly want to believe there is something else, I’ll like to call it magic”. Five days after that small chat we had into the woods I ran into a crazy beautiful guy named Tomas (as my friend), we had the best evening/night together, laughing out loud so loud my stomach ached. The next day, I lost him. I couldn’t find him again. Have you seen Tomi? I would ask to every pilgrim I ran into, but Tomi, was already flying, walking, laughing somewhere else.
If I had to give you an answer I would first wonder, how many chances I had to meet such a similar soul once again in this lifetime.
I do believe in magic I said to myself as I came along with him.