Thursday, October 8, 2009

LIVE

Did you take the exciting poll at top right? Please do.


Are you living today? No. I mean, REALLY living. TODAY, really living.

In 'The Fellowship of the Ring' the first movie of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, Frodo and Samwise are leaving their beloved shire, a land of streams and valleys and meadows and forests. They are on a journey that will take them to the very ends of the earth, only they don't quite know that yet. They think they're simply traveling to the next country.

As they cross a field, Samwise stops. Frodo stops as well.

'What's the matter, Sam?'

'If I take one more step,' Sam says, 'I'll have gone farther than I've ever been before.'

Frodo smiles, walks back to him, puts his arm around him and says: 'Come on, Sam. As Gandalf says, "It's a dangerous thing just going out your front door."'

And together they take the next step - then the next, and the next, and the next, into dangers and wonders beyond imagining, into a life that transforms them both forever. Never to be the same again. Into life to the full.

They REALLY lived.

Why don't YOU take a step farther than YOU'VE gone before, and see where the road goes?

I dare ya.

And be blessed.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I've definitely noticed that I was much more adventurous when I lived in CA. Now that I have settled into suburban life in Kenosha, I don't venture out to the city or do as many things as I did there. I wasn't a Christian, so some of those things I wouldn't want to relive, but other things were just fun and exciting!

I get this feeling that you DO live life to the fullest, based on your blog, etc. Now, you just need to go skydiving! :)

I take a lot of emotional risks, but, now to get back to pursuing the things that make my heart beat faster. Nice reminder. :)