We
now find our hobbit hero at the edge of the wild, marching into the shadows of
the mountains. Bilbo asks if they have reached THE mountain, but his inquiry is
met by a blunt and terse reply; “of course not!”
“O!” said Bilbo, and
just at that moment he felt more tired than he ever remembered feeling before.
He was thinking once again of his comfortable chair before the fire in his
favorite sitting-room in his hobbit-hole, and of the kettle singing. Not for the
last time!
You
know those moments in life when you’ve reached the absolute limit of your
capacity to think, when you feel so tired, when you say to yourself, “I’ve got
to sleep before I can even begin thinking about that.” Those moments may
suggest that there is no light at the end of the tunnel, but the adventure
always moves forward despite our feelings.
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