Samwise the Brave

I don't think it's been any secret, my love for the Lord of the Rings movies. I recently bought all three extended version box sets. I watched all three, over part of the weekend and during the week. It was so much fun; I felt like was on a journey myself, I cried, I laughed.... I especially lost my shit when Pippin, played by Billy Boyd, had just let go of the Palantir and he caught a glimpse of Sauron's thoughts, "I saw ... him!"

Oh my God! I was a wreck.

It's been a strange week and a half, full of it's ups and downs. I got back from my trip and I was a little blue. I watched LOTR and I was happier; then I was down for a second. Now, I'm in a really good mood. Perhaps it's the fact that Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I don't have any obligations for the rest of the weekend. Or, the fact that the holidays are upon us and it's my favorite time of year.

Last night, while at Carries, I got a call from Terra. Her father has passed. This year has been full of partings, full of woe, and incredible joy. We cannot get bogged down by these dark times. It's like the scene in Lord of the Rings the Two Towers:

Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.

Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?

Sam: That there's some good in this world ... and it's worth fighting for.

It's for this last line here, that I am the happier.