Keep Frodo in your thoughts

One of my favorite characters

"Please keep Frodo in your thoughts. He's trying to get to Mount Doom, but the ring is really messing with his ability to handle life and relationships. Oh, and Orcs keep getting in the way."

"The taxi drivers are on strike and we've got a flight to catch that might not happen because the president commandeered our flight."

Some of you read that and it makes sense.

Others of you read that and feel like you're wading into the deep end of something you have little hope of understanding. But you want to be involved, so you keep reading.

The communication divide between one world and the other is tricky to navigate. How do I properly explain to someone what it means to live in a place where so many things are different from the standard American life? A place where the key players think differently, the key infrastructure functions differently, and the key resources you have for dealing with that aren't available.

This is one reason I blog. Because over time, from one story to the next, you start to understand who Frodo is and what makes him tick. You get why the ring is such a burden. You see the ongoing struggles of life, along with the joys of success. And maybe the "fantasy world" that I describe becomes a bit more real to you.

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