on my latest crusade against the forces
of darkness (or the Kardashians - same,
same, really).
to bugger off back to Rivendell. I think
you’re a really good sort. Whaddaya
reckon?’
There are a few things that tend to
defeat me on a momentary basis though,
and one of them is unexpected physical
illness, when for once, it looked as if the
wicked witch had naffed off for a while
to set her flying monkeys on some other
poor sod.
This is when the quote from To Kill A
Mockingbird stops being words on a page
- not that this book has ever been just
that for me - and becomes something of a
mantra.
To see through a challenge that is
phenomenally hard, and you have faced
It’s tempting to not only clamber into the before - knowing what it feels like, and
linen cupboard, but to try the wardrobe
the effect it has on you - is real courage.
instead and see if there really is a magical You begin, and you see it through no
“I WANTED YOU TO SEE WHAT REAL COURAGE IS,
INSTEAD OF GETTING THE IDEA THAT COURAGE IS
A MAN WITH A GUN IN HIS HAND.
IT’S WHEN YOU KNOW YOU’RE LICKED BEFORE YOU BEGIN, BUT
YOU BEGIN ANYWAY AND SEE IT THROUGH NO MATTER WHAT.”
- ATTICUS FINCH, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
land on the other side, where perhaps the
opportunity to either a. sit around and
eat Turkish Delight all day, or b. defeat
a White Witch and be crowned Queen
Lois The Awesome are on the table as
options.
And obviously, there is no pain or
craptacular disease to contend with.
Unfortunately though, I think my
chances of reaching said magical land
are about as likely as Aragorn popping
his head in and saying ‘hi love, Arwen
is really giving me the pip, so I got her
matter what.
It may not necessarily be because you,
Lois Lane, feel like staying the distance.
You may be tired as hell.
But there are several other members of
the Daily Planet who might not be able
to run the paper - or the world - without
you, and may in fact miss you. Just a little
bit. And if you think of it like that...
Then perhaps - just perhaps - the
wardrobe can wait for another day.
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