Tolkien
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Laid Before You
“Do not trouble your hearts overmuch with thought of the road tonight. Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them.” – Tolkien This sounds awfully like the Bible, does it not? Do not worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself. Matthew Continue reading
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No Turning Back
“How do you move on? You move on, when your heart finally understand that there is no turning back.”- Tolkien Written September 2021: I’ve been stuck. Sickness hit me out of nowhere 4.5 months ago. Sin e then, I have struggled to accept my new reality. I have fought so hard against the state of Continue reading
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Remains True
“The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the company is true.” – Tolkien Has it felt as though the journey you are on stands upon the edge of a knife? I must admit, I feel that Continue reading
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Love Mingled with Grief
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” – Tolkien In my last post, I wrote about the reality of grief and how it Continue reading
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Altogether Unexpected
“This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.” – Tolkien Oh the comfortable life we cling to! As humans, just like hobbits, many of us cling to the routines of life. Even when we are called adventurous, we may come to realize, in Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
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