Almost - dealing with the unexpected

[Lita Gitt]

Mary:
        We are  just starting our plans for our walk next June.  Where are you
starting?  We have a month to spend and are worried we won't be able to
finish if we start on Roncesvalle.  Any thoughts?
        You have a wonderful outlook about your journey--I wish you a very good
time.
        Lita



At 05:23 PM 09/15/2003 EDT, you wrote:
>Well, I surely would weigh in on having a lot of angst about my upcoming
>camino--which begins next Sunday. My life, like all of ours, I imagine, is
very
>busy. And to leave for a month is a huge project. So, I'm working hard to get
>things at my business accomplished before I begin since I will not take a
cell
>phone or call the office during that timeframe. It's such a paradox: I
believe
>strongly in the power of letting the process dictate the outcome of the
>pilgrimage and yet I'm already wondering what my reaction will be if I
find at, say
>Burgos, that there is not time for me to reach Santiago. Or perhaps my body,
>which I think is ready for this journey will have other ideas. Or maybe I
>haven't planned carefully enough ( although I've planned this trip regarding
>equipment etc., more carefully than any trip in my life ) and I won't have
the right
>stuff or too much.
>When I go through all of this worry, I end up with the same conclusion--when
>I begin it will all be fine. The answers will come to me about how much is
>enough, where I should start or stop at a particular place--if I stay in
touch
>with my inner voice.
>Right now I'm sitting in my New York apartment wishing I was on the plane!
>Mary
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