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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You're not crazy. Not at all, but I would go
over what is in that full pack with a fine-tooth-comb. You can't be
prepared for everything and you can't carry what you would need to be prepared
for everything. I have no idea what is in there, but ask yourself now, am
I willing to lug this 800 kilometres. Then you won't be leaving ten pounds
of junk at Roncesvalles or sending things home from every post office in
Spain. I've done this, I know whereof I speak.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=dwiseaWISECOM.COM href="mailto:dwiseaWISECOM.COM">Dan Wise</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
href="mailto:GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu">GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 16, 2001 11:23
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Preparation for
Pilgrimage</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I did not print it out because I have too much weight now, but
I will carry Ida's message my head as Nina and I begin our walk. After doing 8
miles with the full pack last night trying to get in shape, I need something
to convince myself that Nina and I are not crazy.<BR><BR>Dan (and
Nina)<BR>----------------<BR><BR>At 01:04 AM 08/16/2001 +0000, you wrote:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Dear Ida <BR><BR>Thank you for sharing this. I have printed
it out to take with me in three weeks when I leave to walk the camino to
help me remember why I am doing it. <BR><BR>Regards <BR><BR>Kay Young
<BR><BR>New Zealand<BR><BR>>From: Ida Cote-Persson >Reply-To: Road to
Santiago Pilgrimage >To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu >Subject: Preparation
for Pilgrimage >Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 07:03:22 -0700 >>To all,
>>I received the following from Father Joseph Nietlong of Saint
Helen's Catholic Mission in Oracle, AZ regarding preparation for pilgrimage:
>>Here's the thought : Pilgrimage is to be taken, I think, as a
paradigm of our Journey through life. There sure are moments of joy, and
those of sorrow, moments of sheer pleasure and those of sheer pain and
hurts. There will be moments when the road or path is down hill and others
when the road winds or goes straight and uphill all the way. There are
moments when you are caught up in the hussle and bustle of the crowd and
there will be somber, quiet times when you are lost in your own thoughts.
There are times when you will wonder who or what ever brought this mad crazy
world into existence, but there will be times when as the psalmist wrote;
'the whole world is charged (filled) with the splendor and glory of God.
Through all these you come back with a sense of a renewed purpose to accept
all of life and your place in it--before God and other human beings. Own all
the negatives and positive in yourself, be gentle with self and others and
strive to be happy as y! ou! spread happiness in your corner of the world.
We are nothing but pilgrims on our way to God. The time it takes for each
one of us to complete our pilgrimage varies, short or long the duration
matters less than the experience. Some travel heavily ladden and are
festooned with the things of this world. Others travell light with only
their hearts to carry. Some try to carry their home with them while others
feel at home wherever they go. But lots of Americans, like snails prefer to
carry their homes with them and are so entangled with accessories and want
to catch and imprison the experience in photographs and videos and end up
being distracted from enjoying the presence while other just simply live out
every moment as if it were the last the've got. Hope this 'on the spur of
the moment' random thought suffices to answer you
request.-----------------------Joseph ><BR><BR>----------------<BR>Get
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