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Old 10-05-2002, 04:17 AM   #9
Tirned Tinnu
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Nope, you wrote that rather eloquently, Kalimac!
Well said, all of it.
I heard something tonight which staggered me, and would add to this conversation. It has to do with being in a bad position and still having hope - which, I think is what kept Frodo and Sam plodding onward.
It's a quote from a book "Blind Corner" in which the narrator has been lashed to a car radiator and left to be burned (as a method of torture).
His quote was one that seems appropriate:

"I have often wondered why I did not lose heart! For my plight was really desparate, and my rescue could only depend on the very capture of the bier; but I suppose a merciful providence heartens those who else would have no hope at all, so that they may not be called to bear too great a burden."

That pretty much says it all for me. Having been in several somewhat plightful positions I know that if you have anything approaching a head on your shoulders, that somehow, hope wins out over all and it lessens the fear that wells up from within.
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