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Three Life Lessons from Frodo

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I just finished watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy again.  No matter how many times I’ve watched them I’m always surprised at how profound Tolkien was at his understanding of the human condition, our frailties and our strengths.

Lessons I learned this time. (and probably many times before)

1.  Life is about choices.  Those we make and those we have thrust upon us.

2.  Life is about personal sacrifices.  Life is bigger than us and requires that we think of the other people in our life first.

3.  Life is about following your calling.  We all have one.  Have you found yours?  Are you living it?

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Mat is a husband and father. He loves outdoor adventures including summiting several 14ers, running the Pikes Peak Ascent 3 times and riding his hard tail down Porcupine Rim at over 40mph. Not being afraid of the kitchen, he swears he's a pretty great cook too. Mat has been successfully involved in leading marketing, strategy and business growth efforts in such diverse environments as start ups to Fortune 50 companies. He has been involved in online and social media since 1998, long before it was even called social media. This is his personal blog and just like life it may include topics that range from Star Trek, Formula 1, movies, sports, business and his family. It will likely not include many references to politics and his relationship with God, both of which he is very passionate about, but you never know something may slip out (just a warning).

Discussion

  1. Jack Gilstrap  September 27, 2010

    Hey, Mat! Wonderful observations on this wonderful epic. I love it, too, in both its book and film versions. It’s interesting how your points apply differently to many different characters in the story; yet we could probably pick a "poster child" character for each point, eh? But then, the point isn’t just to think about these ideas in middle earth reality, right, but to apply them to ourselves?

  2. Mat Maynor  September 29, 2010

    You’re correct. They so appropriately apply to actual life simply not to the characters in the story. For me, Tolkien ranks up there with Shakespeare not only for his ability to understand the human condition, but to communicate it through story in a way that we can identify with a myriad of the characters in the story all at the same time.

  3. Jack Gilstrap  September 30, 2010

    I agree with you, and I have a great appreciation for Shakespeare. It is a pity that Tolkien’s literary output was so limited. But what he gave us is simply huge. Did you know that a decade ago when Christianity Today published a list of the top 100 most important Christian books of the 20th century, LOTR was in the top ten. I think it was #2. We thought that was so cool, since it is not a book that most people would automatically see as a Christian book, per se.

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