It feels appropriate today
Frodo: I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who 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 us.
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PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way.
GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.
PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what?
GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad.
GANDALF: No. No, it isn't.”
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Revelations 22:20 (KJV): He which testifies these things said, "Surely I come quickly." Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Why is it that the socialist Chinese are racing to build a capitalist economy, the Soviets collapsed under the weight of socialism, and yet America is racing for socialism as hard as we can go? Because we're buying it's promises instead of looking at its reality. The Chinese were wise enough to look ahead and understand where socialism was taking them. Apparently, we're not.
Gandalf: So do all who 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 us.
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PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way.
GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.
PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what?
GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad.
GANDALF: No. No, it isn't.”
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Revelations 22:20 (KJV): He which testifies these things said, "Surely I come quickly." Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Why is it that the socialist Chinese are racing to build a capitalist economy, the Soviets collapsed under the weight of socialism, and yet America is racing for socialism as hard as we can go? Because we're buying it's promises instead of looking at its reality. The Chinese were wise enough to look ahead and understand where socialism was taking them. Apparently, we're not.