a follow up to the last ring post
After Frodo inherits the Ring he tells Gandalf, 'I do really wish to destroy it! Or, well, to have it destroyed. I am not made for perilous quests...Why was I chosen?'To which Gandalf replies, 'Such questions cannot be answered. You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess: not for power or wisdom at any rate. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have...And now, the decision lies with you. But I will always help you. I will help you bear this burden, as long as it is yours to bear. But we must do something, soon. The Enemy is moving.'
posted by melilotnfosco | 4:08 PM
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i like the quote (you probably know it, and i'm too lazy to go get my book) towards the beginning where frodo tells gandalf something like how he wishes he hadn't been born in these times - or something like that. i'm thinking it was the same conversation
:) lotr does have a lot of good spiritual stuff in it :)
side note: RP looks kinda like gandalf ;) ...and he mentions the orcs in one of his writings that i read ;)
now that you mention it, chel, i think you're right - just give him a long white wig :)
yeah, it's the same conversation. 'so do all to live to see such times. but that is not for them to decide. all that is for us to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'
(not necessarily word for word, cuz i'm too lazy to go get my book, too.)
yep, that's the quote. i knew you'd know it
'all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'
no easy task, if you ask me! ;)
obviously. that's why i stay in my basement doing nothing (except going to that job to which i have an aversion). i need to decide something.
but the point i was getting to with this quote is:
1. i totally understand frodo's 'i want to destroy the sin i have with me. well, to be perfectly honest, i want someone else to.'
2. frodo's 'i'm not fit for the mission that's ahead of me. why did GOD choose me?'
3. gandalf's 'you don't need to know why. the point is that GOD has chosen you.'
4. gandalf's 'and so you must use your heart and soul and mind and strength to follow HIS plan. it's up to you.'
5. gandalf's 'but you will not be alone in all this. HE has sent a HELPER to see you through.'
6. gandalf's 'but you can't sit back and do nothing. the devil is moving. so get on with it already!'
you mean the pointS you were getting to ;)
i love it when authors put so much into their work that you just have to pause and soak it in
well, it started out as one point, then kept going
haha, I so understand that. :) (and know that about you;)
:)
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