Who Said Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost?
Hint: It’s from an epic blockbuster movie trilogy
This line is from the poem “All That Glitters Is Not Gold” in Lord of the Rings. It is the riddle of the Strider, or Aragorn.
The quote means just because someone likes to explore that doesn’t mean they’re lost. Not physically anyway, spiritually and mentally they are prepared.
Kudos if you recognized the source!
Here is the poem in full:
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
This is an inspiring poem. On the surface it’s about Aragorn, the rightful heir of Gondor. Yet it really conveys how people who lose their way can still bounce back in life.
You never intended to go off-track, right?
It just happened overtime, you say?
People lose their way often because they take the path of least resistance. What they fail to understand is…
