I think I have pared my back pack down considerably. The last time I weighed it it was 14.96 pounds. Today it is 13.7 pounds. I took out some clothing and some small items that I discovered we had duplicated in our packs. I even took out my Bluetooth keyboard that I bought especially for the Camino to keep my journal with. Removing that did eliminate 5 ounces.
But I’m still worried. I’m worried that I’ll need something and I just won’t have it. And I’m worried that my pack is still too heavy and I’ll have trouble carrying it every day.
So I’m trying to take comfort in the words of two of my favorite philosophers.
“It is when I possess least that I have the fewest worries and the Lord knows that, as far as I can tell, I am more afflicted when there is excess of anything than when there is lack of it; I am not sure if that is the Lord’s doing, but I have noticed that He provides for us immediately.”
Excerpt from The Way of Perfection
Teresa of Avila
16th century Carmelite nun & Spanish mystic
“Your house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it.”
George Carlin
Comedian extraordinaire
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One day I decided to go for a walk... 
Simple is good, a good laugh even better!
My mom, has always said when you don’t have so much stuff you have fewer worries.