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[QUOTE="Coquelicot, post: 50568, member: 8968"] Hello :D I am Marianna, form Montreal (Canada), and I'll start walking the Camino Frances from SJPP on May 19th. I am introducing myself via this thread because, even though I have been reading and learning for months now, thanks to this forum, funnily, I was afraid to post anything! I want to join all those who answered you, Hilda, and wish you courage in overcoming your fears, fears that are common to most of us. I want to tell you my fears because maybe writing about them will help overcome them... I am afraid that I idealized the camino and will not enjoy myself. I want to walk the camino to have time to think about who I am and for simply being in nature, but am afraid that because of the Holy Year there will be too much agitation and people surrounding me and I wont be able to relax. I also want to walk the camino to gain confidence because I feel that I am, as Russians say, an "indoor plant"; a person who does not experience the world. One way to experience the world is to interact with its inhabitants :) However, I always tend to alienate myself from everyone. I am afraid that this is what I will do on the camino...I won't be able to open myself to other people and will stay hidden in my shell, having the illusion that I am seeing and experiencing something, while I'll be doing the same thing I usually do. I am also afraid of dogs, bedbugs, thunderstorms, of not being fit enough and the rest! I am afraid of being stressed, afraid of not finding a bed, rushing through the stages.. Oh yes! I am afraid of being irrational or of doing stupid mistakes. Like for example thinking that the bus arrives at 5pm while it arrives at 15:00 pm ...that sort of thing... :roll: I am also afraid of being too proud after I finish the camino, and of building my confidence on that...but I guess that's natural :) I am not a saint. Yes..writing does help...I feel confident already, but I'll still post this to overcome my first fear :) Thank you for keeping this forum alive, Marianna. [/QUOTE]
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