Shirley Maclaine's book

[Andrea Innes-Michailov]

Thank you for sharing that Russ.  I really appreciate your candidness,

Andrea

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Russ Irwin
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 1:31 AM
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Subject: Re: Shirley Maclaine's book
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 12:04:07 -0500, Andrea wrote:
>
> >Despite what/who I read I do plan on having my own experience.  I find it
> >interesting (in Maclaine's book)the history of the Moors and the
> Christians
> >battling about whose religion was right.  It appears that not much has
> >changed since then. We have not learned our lessons...
>
> I agree. It still seems that in 2002 that people want to argue
> about who or what is "right". We
> *must* always give consideration to the views of others. There is
> no *right* religion! Which brings
> me to the point that I am even writing this reply :-)
>
> During my first week on the Camino (last May), as I was slowly
> aproaching one of the villages, all
> of a sudden the words started coming into my mind from a record
> (you couldn't really call it a song)
> from the 1970s that I hadn't even thought about for over 20
> years. It had kids arguing with parents,
> neighbors with neighbors, etc. But the part that repeated over
> and over was the phrase: "Things get
> a little easier - Once you understand." I'm not ashamed to admit
> it, I started to cry and was
> grateful that I was walking alone at the time and no one could
> see me crying. It just brought out
> emotions in me that I didn't even know I had.
>
> Ok, I'm done :-)
>
> Take care,
> Russ
>