Friday, February 19, 2010

There's Some Good in the World

From LOTR--Samwise to Frodo--“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'll 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. That there's some good in the world....and it's worth fighting for"…are we fighting for good today?

3 comments:

Andy and Brooke Cheely said...

Yes, yes we are.

Anonymous said...

Cynicism...the world is full of...unfortunately...and that tends to cloud perspective...I get it....

Anonymous said...

What good? Where is the good? There is no good. Good has died. So has this heart. Thank you very much.