Last night I was watching the third movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. There were a couple scenes where Merry and Pippin (yes, I'm a nerd and actually know their names) wanted to fight in the battles with everyone else and everyone kept telling them that the war was no place for a Hobbit. I started to realize similarities between the Hobbits and myself.
For the most part, everyone I know has been supportive and encouraging. But I do definitely come across people who question why I'm going out to travel the world alone. And even friends who may not think my choice of destinations is the wisest for a single female traveler. Whether or not it's intentional, sometimes I feel like the Hobbit with everyone around me saying, "that's no place for a Hobbit".
At the end of the day, the Hobbits had their way and fought in the battles and persevered and survived and ended up better Hobbits for it. I'm sure the same will happen with me.
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