fright

[jim allen]

You can still, "make it (Camino) by yourself;"  and still allow others to
help.  Allowing others to help is your gift to them.
Jaime El Peregrino
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea Innes-Michailov" <andreaaCORP.IDT.NET>
To: <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 9:46 AM
Subject: fright


> Thank you Gabrielle, your story made me very emotional.  It seems like
being
> able to
> aks for help is part of the lesson of the Camino and perhaps the shock of
> receiving help is an even bigger lesson.  It brings to mind "ask and ye
> shall receive"from the Bible.    It's funny bkz I have chosen this journey
> to find my inner courage, to challenge myself, to do something on my own
and
> I am seeing very clearly now that part of being able to do anything is to
> have faith that help will arrive in one form or another, that one cannot
> "do" things on their own and that helping people is both a calling and a
> blessing.  This is very different from the "gotta make it by myself"
> mentality I got from my father, or the dog eat dog world I live with here
in
> USA...
>
> Thanks for the enlightenment!
>
> Andrea>