Frodo: "I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened." Gandalf: "So do all that live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." I have learned that everyone is a "ring barer." Everyone has a box of rocks to carry around and they all seem heavier than they can bare. For me I find it helpful to think about those less fortunate, like those living in cardboard boxes on the street. Or the men on the Titanic or life in the Dark Ages. It helps to put things in perspective. I know that's probably not what you were hoping for, but it works for me. |