Hobbit Meditation No. 3

“Far over the misty mountains cold

To dungeons deep and caverns cold

We must away, ere break of day,

To find our long-forgotten gold.”

Embrace the Hero Within.

One of the things that always sticks out in my mind when reading The Hobbit are the songs. In the beginning of the novel we have the songs of the dwarves. This stanza helps set the plot of the narrative with the use of song. And I think that’s quite a smart way to go about exposing the reader to the plot without beating them over the head. A sort of finesse that Tolkein uses to set the tone and direction of the story.

I mean I could go without rhyming cold with cold. That’s a little too Doors for me but, whatever. The songs of the dwarves in the beginning of the novel are truly unique in their purpose. So, you get credit for that, Tolkein, even though the rhymes are weak.

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Hobbit Meditation No. 2

“There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself.”

Embrace the Within.

There is more within us than others can see. Mainly because others only see what they want about us. Folks like to externalize their anxieties, their failures, their problems onto each of us as we strive for something better. We need to embrace the sayers of nay and achieve despite them.

Because, like Bilbo, there is a deal more within us than even we know. And within us is the ability to leave the comforts of hobbit-hole. The ability to give up the routine, the comfort, the luxury of today for the challenge of something new.

Within us is the ability to accept the Call and leave the known. We can get out there and find our Boon. And we can grow and change from that journey. But we need to answer The Call despite the mystery, despite the uncomfortability, despite the sacrifice. Beyond that threshold is an adventure and understanding of what lies within. Embrace that change as much as a hobbit once did.

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