6/7/2016
"I do so dearly believe, that no half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien -
After researching into this quote I fell in love with earlier this year, it was discovered that it was not actually a quote from one of Tolkien's books. This was part of his commentary to Edith, his wife, I believe it came from a letter he wrote to her about her converting to Catholicism. Besides the true history of the quote, in true fashion the English language can be interpreted in many ways from its pure surface value when taken out of context and freed from nonverbal bounds.
Let's break it down...
In this quote, the beauty of it lies in the secular nature of those bounds... the half-heartedness and the worldly fear. Then it acknowledges the divinity of light and how it cannot be stopped. Sure, it sounds like I'm writing about religion. In reality, I'm talking about the nature of destiny and how you can live it out.
Nothing in the world should scare you enough to keep you from pursuing yourself.
Nothing for lack of effort from yourself should hold you back.
Everything from within should enable you to win your battles.
Everything around you can build you up to feel royal.
Nothing in the world should scare you enough to keep you from pursuing yourself.
Nothing for lack of effort from yourself should hold you back.
Everything from within should enable you to win your battles.
Everything around you can build you up to feel royal.
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