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Quote #1223 - #SuchTimes
02 Feb, 2026
SUCH TIMES
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and 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."
J.R.R. Tolkien
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
These may not be the times we hoped for
but these are our times,
that are given to us,
that we made (yes, all of us together)
that we continue to make
unmake
remake
every day.
Such dark times.
Such challenging times.
Such times.
Of course there are times
that have been worse,
others live worse times right now
worse times may be coming for us still
but
the more we do
to make good
make right
stand strong
the better our odds.
You feel it, don't you?
The outrageous odds we ride
on a minute-by-minute basis
the vicissitudes
like a roller coaster
the track exploded in places
missing in places
and a madman and his minyans
trying to make us crash.
Yet still we make
unmake
remake
every day
who we were
who we are
who we are going to be.
Who are we going to be?
Shellen Lubin
February 2, 2026
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