Not all who wander are lost*

This is very similar saying to a quote by J.R.R Tolkien who says: "Not all those who wander are lost". It forms part of a longer quote where he says: "All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king." It's a quote from his book, The Lord of the Rings.

For the purpose of this blog, I will be focusing on the beginning part which states: "All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost...". Here he implies that even though something is made of gold, it may not glitter. Here I understand the statement as follows: even though someone may be wealthy, they may not necessarily be happy. They may be hiding unhappiness, pain, depression etc. This comes down to the statement that money cannot buy you happiness. Some may agree with this and others may disagree. I am one who believes that money is not the route to happiness, but more likely the route to evil. Even though being financially well off  makes life easier in the current era, it cannot buy you friends, love or pure happiness for that matter. I also find that too much money can make a person shallow and only see the material things in life, when there are so many other amazing natural things that God has created. Those are often looked passed and it's so sad to see. This is not the matter with all people, however, it has been seen all too often.

The second part of the quote says: "not all those who wander are lost". I interpret this as saying that even though people may seem to look as if they have no direction, it does not mean that they are lost and do not have a destination. They may be in the process of finding their way to reaching their destination/ goal in life. I am a firm believer that most of us are wanderers. We all know what we want to achieve in life, but the road to getting there is not always as easy as we'd hope it would be. Life throws us all sorts of obstacles, and it's our job to overcome them in order to reach our destinations.

Getting back to my topic... That is why I agree when J.R.R Tolkien says: "not all those who wander are lost". I believe that we all have destinations and are therefore all wanderers in life, ever looking for the right paths in order to reach our destinations.