I was recently tagged by Meredith of Mezzalilly’s Teen Book Reviews to participate in the Three Days Three Quotes Challenge. I have done this challenge before, but there are so many wonderful quotes in the world I’m very happy to participate again. My first quote is from Tolkien, the master of Middle Earth, and it’s from Aragorn’s Riddle, All That is Gold Does Not Glitter.
‘Not all those who wander are lost’
I love these words. In the poem they refer to the Rangers, of which Aragorn was one, long lived guardians of the forests who protected the people of Middle Earth, yet who were looked upon with scorn by those who did not understand their purpose.
In my own life, I think they refer to the sort of wandering existence I’ve had, working different jobs and living in different countries, on a quest to discover what it is that makes me happy. While there have been times in my life where I have felt a little lost, I’ve never been too far from the path and have been fortunate to have events or people come into my life and steer me the right way again.
The box in the photograph was given to me by one such person, who is a very dear friend. At a time when life was dark she was a light – she knows it, because I told her so.
Now the rules of the Challenge indicate that I’m to nominate three more bloggers, but anyone who knows me knows I don’t always go by the rules. So, as I’ve done this Challenge before and did nominate three bloggers previously, I’m going to leave it open this time around. If you’d like to participate, please do.
And, a Camp NaNo update – Silver and Black is starting to take shape. I’m about three thousand words in and fingers crossed will keep going with it until the end of the month.
Helen Glynn Jones 
I absolutely love this quote. Perfect. I’ve also been lucky enough to have people in my life who have helped me by either quoting this outright or accepting me and my wandering. 💕
Glad Camp NaNo is going well.
Thanks, Sarah 🙂
That;s one of my favorite quotes as well. Good luck with Camp NaNo – keep going strong!
Thanks Celia! Still going… but it’s early days yet 🙂
Ooh this is such a great quote!
Thanks Suzie! Just putting together part 2 🙂
I love that quote, because I’m an inveterate wanderer myself.
Yes, me too. Apparently when I was born the number one song was ‘I Was Born Under A Wanderin’ Star.’ Always thought that was quite appropriate.
Lovely quote, though I don’t think it is necessarily just about wandering in the physical world. I read this quote yesterday on a personality test website. It’s worth a read if you want to know more about character types for writing, or even your own. The quote was on the page for my own type, INFP.
https://www.16personalities.com/infp-personality
I would definitely agree – it’s not just about having a physical wander through the world.
And I took the test and I am an INFJ type, apparently quite rare? It’s an interesting read, that’s for sure – thank you for sharing the link 🙂