Cell phones vs prayer

[lin galea]

Dear Dorothy and All,
I understand your desire to stay connected - however, I also synmpathize
with those pilgrimgs to whom a pilgrimage is an escape from those daily
connections to reality.  For those who wish to bring a phone, you could turn
it off and let it take messages until you are in a private situation that
won't intrude on others.
The first time I walked, in '97, there were no cell phones. In '99 they were
everywhere and it was at times annoying. When I worked at Rabanal we asked
folks to go outside the refugio to make and take calls.
lin


>From: Dorothy Imundi <Ddirenzo2000aAOL.COM>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
>Subject: Re: Cell phones vs prayer
>Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:14:11 EDT
>
>Dear Howard and all:   We just received the news that a pilgrim recently
>died
>on the camino. Granted, it may have been a sudden death, but if it wasn't,
>a
>cell phone may have saved his life.  Just a thought.  To me it just makes
>sense, to you it may not.
>
>  Another thought: It's natural for some of us to get upset by the
>intrusive
>ring of a cell phone, but since we don't know what the other person's life
>is
>all about, we should always assume the best intentions and even a real need
>on his part for the call. A little compassion goes a long way.  If you are
>at
>peace within yourself, no one and no thing can take it away.  This may
>sound
>a little preachy, but I don't mean it to be so.  I hope I didn't offend
>anyone.
>
>Other thoughts about cell phones and 9/11:  I wonder how many people were
>able to call loved ones before they died because they had a cell phone.  I
>wonder how many survivors were able to immediately call loved ones to tell
>them they were ok so that they wouldn't worry.  I consider modern
>technology
>a gift from God.  Just because a few abuse these gifts, doesn't mean we
>must
>reject the right use of them.
>
>I've had these thoughts for a while but didn't share them bcause to me they
>are just plain common sense.  If others do not see it the way I do, I have
>learned that nothing I say will change that, but now I felt it was
>important
>to express myself  so that others who may feel the way I do will not be
>discouraged from bringing a cell phone because of only hearing one side of
>the issue.  Again, I hope I am not offending anyone.
>
>Dorothy


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