Sam: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was before so much bad happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you; that meant something even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?
Sam: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.
Maybe school is hard. Maybe I am 100% lost in my history class. Maybe I will fail the ACT. Maybe I make too many mistakes in orchestra.
Maybe I pushed out the thought to go and sit by someone who needed a friend today. Maybe I slept through my alarm...(I really did). Maybe I wish I could see my sister again. Maybe it's raining. Maybe I can't see the sun right now.
I'm not good at speaking in french. I stink at memorizing vocabulary. And I usually always fail my english quizzes.
But.
I can think. I can write. I can breathe. I can hear the rain. I can see the sun. And sometimes, I'll catch the glimpse of a rainbow.
I can hear my friends' laughter and I can see their smiles. I can touch the keys on the piano with my fingertips and play to my heart's content. I can gracefully slide my bow accross the strings and create emotions that can't be replaced; not with one thousand chocolate bars. I can tip my head back, look at the stars, and see evidence that God lives and loves me.
I can pray.
I can recieve personal revelation.
I can feel my Saviour's love.
And that, my friends, is what helps me to go on, "when in [my] heart [I] begin to understand there is no going back."
Maybe I can't go back. But maybe I don't need to.
Maybe I'm sad right now, but as Elder Holland says:
"Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come."
Sometimes it's hard to go on and move on. But it's worth fighting for that hope. It's worth holding onto.
It's worth it because it's what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is all about: Faith in Christ, pure love like Him, and hope through Him. He will "be a Light for you when all other Lights go out."
There were good times in the past.
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And there are good things to come.
In the words of my best friend, "Chin up, pip pip!"
Let us all press on. And the end will be better than the beginning.
After all, it's never as bad as it seems :)
Love,
Sunshine
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