Ireland Forever!!

Happy St Patrick's Day Everyone!!!
Tabitha :)

Riddles in The Dark: by JRR Tolkien

The meaning behind the "Riddles in The Dark" (from The Hobbit):

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?

The answer is "Mountain" because if you think about it, logic tells you that a mountain is something that never grows and that is taller than a tree. The part that says "what has roots as nobody see"... I don't know for sure, but I think it is referring to the formation the mountain has layers of rock that forms into a mountain

Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.

The answer to the second riddle is "Teeth", the author is comparing teeth to horses when they walk; but when you think about it, when you chew your food it is almost sounds like champing and stamping, but we call it chewing or munching.

Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.

The answer to the third riddle is "Wind". To understand this riddle you have to think of it as someone telling you a ghost story, because the wind is like a ghost crying in the silence of the night. The line that says "wingless flutters", is referring to the trees, grass, flowers, and other things in nature that blows in the wind. And the line that says "toothless bites", it could be referring to frost bites in a winter storm, then again I'm not sure.

An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
'That eye is like to this eye'
Said the first eye,
'But in low place,
Not in high place.'

The answer to the fourth riddle is "Sun on the daisies". The eye on the blue face is the sun, and the face is the sky. And the eye on the green face is the daises, and the face is referring to grass. When you think about it the sun is looking down upon the daises on the grass or shining down.

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, Kills laughter.

The answer to the fifth riddle is "Dark". The rest of the riddle is easy to understand, but you might be confused when you hear the last line, ..."ends life, kills laughter"... To understand what this last line is talking about you have to look in mythology's point of view. In alot of mythical stories like the "Lord of The Rings", the darkness is portrayed as something evil, that kills and brings upon sorrow. It could also relate to a verse in the Bible that says " Sorrow may last in the night but joy will come in the morning", it is referring to how sometimes we would have a bad day, but we always wake up to a new day, it is like a chance to start again. This is one of my favorite riddles out of the 8.

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

The answer to the sixth riddle is "Egg". The author made it difficult to figure out, by comparing an egg to a box. You might of guest a treasure chest. But The clue that is not mentioned is the shape of the box, the box has an oval shape. The treasure is the yoke.

Alive with out breathe,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.

The answer to the seventh riddle is "fish". The riddle is referring to a fish living under water. Many of us should know that fish are cold blooded, and breathe underwater. The last line, "all in mail never clinking" is referring to the fish's scales.

This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays kings, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.

The answer to the last riddle is "Time". This riddle is a little bit harder to understand, but I think it is referring to how every activity takes a whole lot of time; it takes time for birds to travel across the sky to the next destination, it takes time for beasts to hunt for their food, and it takes time for trees and flowers to grow. In time all people die, even kings; but some of us get to live in heaven with God in eternity, and tragically some don't. This is also my favorite riddle, 'cause it could be used as a reminder to not take life for granted, to spend our time wisely, and to encourage us to make the right choice that we won't later on regret.

No Subject

Hey Guys, this post is mainly for "to write love on her arms". I am sure many of you are wondering why I put you off of my friends list on facebook...well I want you to know that I don't have anything against you, and my choice is not your fault. I want to apologize if my choice hurt you guys, please know that I didn't mean to hurt anyone. Being involved with "to write love on her arms" was too much for me, and I had to get away. It wasn't helping me with my emotional health, I am going through alot with my family. My mom has a mental illness, and dealing with your hurt was a little to much that I can handle. I hope I'm not offending you, I don't want to, but I want you to know that I understand your hurting, and I encourage you to seek help from someone who is stronger and more experienced.

Again, I am truely sorry, I have to confess that deleting you guys off my friends list wasn't the right approach, but I so overwelmed...and I thought that deleting you off my list would be the only way out of this situation...but I want you to know that I was wrong, and I am really sorry. Know that I am praying for you...and God loves you soooo much!!!

Tabitha

Before The Morning: by Josh Wilson

Do you wonder why you have to
Feel the things that hurt you
If there’s a God who loves you where is He now

Maybe there are things you can’t see
And all those things are happening
To bring a better ending

Someday somehow you’ll see you’ll see

Would you dare would you dare to believe
That you still have a reason to sing
Cause the pain that you’ve been feeling
It can’t compare to the joy that’s coming
So hold on you gotta wait for the light
Press on and just fight the good fight
Cause the pain that you’ve been feeling
It’s just the dark before the morning

My friend you know how this all ends
You know where you’re going
You just don’t know how you’ll get there
So say a prayer

And hold on cause there’s good for those who love God
But life is not a snapshot
It might take a little time but you’ll see the bigger picture

Once you feel the weight of glory
All your pain will fade to memory

It’s just the hurt before the healing
Oh the pain that you’ve been feeling
It’s just the dark before the morning

Hey guys this song is such an amazing song, it puts a smile on my face whenever I hear it. I hope you enjoy this song as much as I did, and I hope God touches your heart through this song also like he did mine.

Tabitha

To Be Or Not To Be That Is The Question!?

"to be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd."

What Hamlet is musing on is the comparison between the pain of life, which he sees as inevitable (the sea of troubles - the slings and arrows - the heart-ache - the thousand natural shocks) and the fear of the uncertainty of death and of possible damnation of suicide.

Hamlet's dilemma is that although he is dissatisfied with life and lists its many torments, he is unsure what death may bring (the dread of something after death). He can't be sure what death has in store; it may be sleep but in perchance to dream he is speculating that it is perhaps an experience worse than life. Death is called the undiscover'd country from which no traveller returns. In saying that Hamlet is acknowledging that, not only does each living person discover death for themselves, as no one can return from it to describe it, but also that suicide os a one-way ticket. If you get the judgment call wrong, there's no way back.

The whole speech is tinged with the Christian prohibition of suicide, although it isn't mentioned explicitly. The dread of something after death would have been well understood by a Tudor audience to mean the fires of Hell.

The speech is a subtle and profound examining of what is more crudely expressed in the phrase out of the frying pan into the fire. - in essence 'life is bad, but death might be worse'.

Surgery Update #2

Hey guys, many of you all should know from my last blog I wrote I told you guys that I was going to have surgery on my eyes on March 4th. I only had surgery on my right eye thus far, if my eye still continues to have problems, we are going to possibly see about having surgery on my left eye. I am feeling alot better now since my surgery, my eye is really read and watery, but other than that I am doing alot better. I am taking these I drops called Tobramycin and Dexamethasone Ophthalmic, it is an antibiotic that prevents any infection in my eye. Yesterday I rested alot, and now I'm up and doing things.Though I shouldn't say that I'm quite ready to do my school work and any other normal activities, my eyes is still very watery and is a little blury. I think I'll wait awhile before I start my normal activities. So anyways, I just want to thank you for all who read this blog and prayed for me, I really appreciated your prayers...thank you. I love you all!!! :)

Tabitha