I wish none of this had happened …” Hopeĭid you notice Gandalf’s message to Frodo? He neither dismissed Frodo’s words nor let them rule Frodo’s life. “I wish the back pain/shoulder reconstruction/arthritis had never come to me. It could be us right there in Frodo’s place, saying those words … Recurring back pain, plantar fasciitis, or some other thing creeps in and we just want to give up. In the case of many of my clients it is the injury - the ongoing pain, just like Frodo. Sometimes, in the great scheme of things, we can think to ourselves how much we really don’t want our current situation. In which case, you were also meant to have it. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. Gandalf : So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. Their conversation goes like this:įrodo : I wish the Ring had never come to me.
But he must continue on to finish his destined path. He has already been dealt a blow that almost killed him - a horrible injury to his shoulder. Evil follows him and threatens to bring him down. Poor old Frodo is carrying this heavy burden, a ring of immense power, and it's weighing him down. Frodo and he have a little heart-to-heart. So there they are seated in a cave, lost, waiting for Gandalf to remember the way forward. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month and yet, after a hundred years, they can still surprise you. My dear Frodo, Hobbits really are amazing creatures.
Only in Frodo’s case the fate of the whole world rests in his hands. It’s something that has to be done and we’re the one to do it. Their wizard guide, Gandalf the Grey, sits on a rock quietly talking with Frodo, our brave hero.įrodo is the kind of guy we all imagine ourselves to be sometimes: not apparently cut out for the task at hand but having it thrust upon us anyway. I invite you to picture the scene: The heroes take a moment to find their bearings, after weaving their way through the dark caves of Moria, through dwarvish mines that delve deep into the heart of the mountains. I won’t go into the details of the story here, but I will highlight one little scene from the story that might relate to all of us at one time or another. I’m a huge fan of Lord of the Rings, both the books and the movies. Or, I Wish This > Had Never Happened To Me!
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