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<DIV>Good Day! I'm becoming more enthusiastic hourly over my yet unscheduled Camino. Planning and training are priorities now. And I must get an ok from my doctors, but who are they to discourage me? I'm a candidate for an organ transplant. I say candidate, because my current need is small. And I want to make use of the time I have before a transplant becomes a must do.</DIV>
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<DIV>Meanwhile, I'm a 59 year old guy, in all things considered good shape with a little work who wants to experience himself in ways he's not been accustomed. And the training will work wonders...whether I make the entire Camino or only a truncated. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Jim John<BR>La Quinta, CA <BR></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Any suggestions and resources will be welcomed!</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/13/2004 7:58:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, deannabowlingaYAHOO.COM writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yes, definitely do it on your own if your friends decline. You will be fine. And this comes from a 64 year old woman. You will meet lots of people and learn all kinds of things you never expected. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>As the months go by I am finding out what it was, partly, that the Camino was/is doing for me. It is taking the pieces of my long life-journey, all those fragmented puzzle pieces, and slowly forming them into a coherent whole. Coherent...I can't believe it! And the truth of it all, the meaning of it all, seems to be distilling out into one drop of purity somewhere deep inside of me. Sorry I can't express this better. But it certainly is a relief, a lightness, a joy.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Deanna</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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