I’m rereading for the umpteenth time, “The Lord of the Rings.” Essentially, the book is entirely about good and evil. The great evil that is Sauron, the lesser evil of his cohorts, the striving evil of Saruman … and the fear of all involved in the battle hoping they can see the right way and remain woven in the fabric of good. When evil is everywhere, goodness is not a given.
I bumped into this quote last night. I was tucked in for the night and I hoped I would remember it in the morning. I didn’t exactly recall it, but luckily for me “Lord of the Rings” is such a well-quoted book, I found it quickly.
Eomer said, ‘How is a man to judge what to do in such times?’ As he has ever judged,’ said Aragorn. ‘Good and evil have not changed since yesteryear, nor are they one thing among Elves and another among Men. It is a man’s part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.
In the great fabric of life in which we are threads, good and evil are part of us. We are born knowing both. It is in our DNA, should we choose to recognize them. When we see evil and allow ourselves to become part of it — when we live in evil times and excuse evil — it become us too.
A bad man and his bad adherents never have “a good side” and lying about it changes nothing — except probably you. Because when you mouth evil, you absorb it and make it part of you.
Please note that when you read this book, you eventually wind up talking like this.
And in the darkness bind them …
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I have reread this series of books every summer since 1975 they are obviously my favorites
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We used to have an annual “Fall of Sauron” Day party on the 22 of March. We ate mushrooms. We drank too much. We argued about Boromir. Those indeed WERE the days 😀
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Yes that sounds like it would have been fun.
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It was. We also wore costumes. We had special effects. Soundtracks. We got pretty complicated.
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We were tricked, hoodwinked by the serpent Marilyn.
Leslie
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And then we nibbled on apples! Or were they tomatoes?
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How odd. I watched the extended versions of all three movies last week. Mordor is rising.
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I think maybe Mordor rose. There’s one small gold ring that lies between us and a great darkness across the land.
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Mordor is rising?? We’re living in the downtown district of Mordor….
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I think we’re in the Mordor exurbs.
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Thank you!
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A very interesting blog
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