And somehow I keep hearing Elijah Wood's voice in my head...
Yeah well, don't be so alarmed. I'm talking about the part where Frodo tells Sam,
"Do not be too sad Sam. You cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do."
There are so many ways I could take that, but there are two that are resonant in my mind. I've never been torn in two, figuratively speaking. For the longest time I've wanted to be, you know, beyond, but suddenly now there's reason to be here and to be alive and to rejoice and to live. I've always wanted to go abroad and to find a place that I would belong, but strangely enough, now that I've found home I've realised it's not my home to be for many a year to follow. And now I will understand what it is like to have one part of you somewhere and another part elsewhere...and to never really know where you want to be. I suppose it would have been easier to take my whole and leave, but why would I ever want to do that? So I leave behind my dearest ones and I try not to be heartbroken, because, after all (if I may tweak a wizard's words) to the well-organised mind, this is only just the next big adventure(:
And for you, my dearest friend, who will have to be one and whole for many years: You have so much to enjoy and to be and to do. Do not be too sad(: After all, he did become the governor of California, so Schwarzenegger can't have been too far wrong when he said,
"I'll be back."
(: Take care, one and all. Next time, you'll be hearing from area code 617.
(I'll probably post more overseas, I promise. Add Skype! And sorry for all the cheese.)
"Do not be too sad Sam. You cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do."
There are so many ways I could take that, but there are two that are resonant in my mind. I've never been torn in two, figuratively speaking. For the longest time I've wanted to be, you know, beyond, but suddenly now there's reason to be here and to be alive and to rejoice and to live. I've always wanted to go abroad and to find a place that I would belong, but strangely enough, now that I've found home I've realised it's not my home to be for many a year to follow. And now I will understand what it is like to have one part of you somewhere and another part elsewhere...and to never really know where you want to be. I suppose it would have been easier to take my whole and leave, but why would I ever want to do that? So I leave behind my dearest ones and I try not to be heartbroken, because, after all (if I may tweak a wizard's words) to the well-organised mind, this is only just the next big adventure(:
And for you, my dearest friend, who will have to be one and whole for many years: You have so much to enjoy and to be and to do. Do not be too sad(: After all, he did become the governor of California, so Schwarzenegger can't have been too far wrong when he said,
"I'll be back."
(: Take care, one and all. Next time, you'll be hearing from area code 617.
(I'll probably post more overseas, I promise. Add Skype! And sorry for all the cheese.)