We Must All Stand by Our Convictions

 

Hold your ground!  Hold your ground!

 

Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers!

 

I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.

 

A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.

 

An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day!

 

This day we fight!

 

By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!

 

 

 

The words of Aragorn in the Return of the King from 

The Lord of the Rings before the final battle

 

 

Recently Jenny and Michael were reminded of these words and we know that we are all going to be asked to stand together soon  in the face of things that we won't like, but in order to endure them we shall all have to stand together – we must be ready and we must be strong together.

 

 

Really Knowing through Experience

 

I have to thank Andrew Parker for bringing this quotation to my attention in his book In the Blink of an Eye where he explains how vision kick-started the big-bang of evolution.

 

 

Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced - John Keats

 

 

This quotation I know especially applies to spiritual matters, because it is those who are sceptical and/or ignorant of Spirit who are unable to experience the true love and excitement of the Spirit Realms, which are all around us - all day every day.

From The Secret History of the World

 

            "Come to the edge," he said.

            They said, "We are afraid."

            "Come to the edge," he said.

            They came. He pushed them.

            They flew.