<(0_0<) on Nostr: Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. ...

Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.

Gandalf: 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 to us.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

quoting note1ck2…ghf7

Ever wonder why you were made to read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in high school or college?

It's because learning the concept of "peradventure" is critical.

You see, Sir Gawain was minding his own business, not bothering anything or anyone. You could say he was unbothered, moisturized, happy, in his lane, focused, and flourishing. Then, all of a sudden some unknown asshole kicks down the door, points at our dear hero and changes everything. That's "peradventure": An adventure you didn't want, never thought about and damn sure didn't expect to actually happen and yet . . . here we are, fucked beyond all manner of reckoning.

What you do now is what peradventure demands, what the Knight demands, what God demands, of you. Of us.

If it hasn't happened to you yet, it will. Prepare yourself.