Money VS weight

cindy guthrie guthriecaLIBCOOP.NET
Sat Mar 2 10:53:31 PST 2002


This sounds like a philosophical question..."Will the Way provide if only I
have enough money?"

                                      Cindy Guthrie

lmorris wrote:

> Why do pilgrims carry things with them?
>
>         1) to save money
>         2) they might need what they are carry
>         3) they do need what they are carry
>         4) someone told them they will need what they are carry
>         5) so they will have a back up, just in case
>
> I have been thinking, If I start my walk with only take the cloths that
> I am wearing, and a pack with a sleeping bag a map and a bank card and a
> few incidentals and no more,  will that be enough and if I need
> something I buy it, in other words throw money at the problem. As an
> example, my T-shirt gets dirty instead of using the spare one that I
> have been packing or wash the dirty one, I simply discard the old one
> and just buy a new one. Does this make sense? Money does not physical
> weight, from what I am hearing there are lots of ATM's along the way.
> And in this way my pack will weigh under 5 pounds.
>
> Would that be foolhardy or will the Way provide if I have enough money?
>
> leoanrd



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