My brother Philip introduced me to the story of The Hobbit and Bilbo Baggins many years ago and I fell in love with it, followed by the three Lord of the Rings movies.  I’ve just been watching The Two Towers, the second film in the Trilogy for the umpteenth time and I just love this conversation between Sam Gamgee and Frodo Baggins.  I think it could relate to the world we’re living in at the moment because there’s so much going on, so I typed it out for you. 

I can’t do this Sam (Frodo)

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 matter, full of darkness and danger they were.  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 happened?  But in the end, its only a passing thing, a shadow, for 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 and 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 (Sam)

“What are we holding onto Sam?” (Frodo)

That there’s some good in this world Mr Frodo.  And it’s worth fighting for.  (Sam)

If you’re having a tough time, I hope things get better for you.  Take care x