Today is Not that Day

I watched Aragorn's speech from Lord of the Rings: Return of the King for a class and it got me thinking.

The speech itself is kind of amazing. Aragorn and his army are about to enter a battle with terrible odds, and he is trying to raise morale. I've posted it below.

Hold your ground! Hold your ground!

Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers,

I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.

A day may come when the courage of men fails,

when we forsake our friends

and break all bonds of fellowship,

but it is not this day.

An hour of wolves and shattered shields,

when the age of men comes crashing down,

but it is not this day!

This day we fight!!

By all that you hold dear on this good Earth,

I bid you stand, Men of the West!!!

It just made me think about the world that we live in today. Everyday I hear more about men who have forsaken their friends and the bonds of fellowship that have been broken. It scares me sometimes. The way I was raised seems to be a foreign concept to today's society.

Sometimes I feel like I've reached the end, that there is no hope and that I am going nowhere. Then I think about this speech and how today is not that day. The world may suck and be on the decline, but there is still hope. Today is not that day. I still have hope. I still have things I need to accomplish. I'm standing. I'm choosing to fight.

It's a scary world, but the battle rages on, and I am a part of it.

Today is not that day.

****Here's the link to the speech on youtube.