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The Time That Is Given Us - Illustration on purpose | IllustrateTheWord

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The Time That Is Given Us

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In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Fellowship of the Ring*, young Frodo Baggins sits in the shadows with Gandalf, overwhelmed by the weight of the Ring he's...

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In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, young Frodo Baggins sits in the shadows with Gandalf, overwhelmed by the weight of the Ring he's been handed to carry. "I wish it need not have happened in my time," Frodo says — a confession most of us recognize instantly. Why this burden? Why me? Why now? Gandalf's answer has echoed through generations of readers: "So do all who live to see such times.…

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