Welcome to Keep Your Feet! If you’ve stumbled across this page, you’re clearly poking around to see what I’m all about. Before I get to that, I just want to let you know that I’m so glad you’re here.
This blog exists to tell a story. Specifically, my story.
My title comes from one of my favorite quotes:
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” -J.R.R. Tolkien
The whole life-is-a-journey metaphor is a bit overdone in literature, but Tolkien really hits the nail on the head. Life is a road. It’s filled with the joy of adventure and discovery, but also comes with distractions that can carry you far from where you intend to travel. If you don’t watch your step, you’ll get carried away.
In order to reach your destination, wherever that may be, you have to keep your feet.
The older I grow, the more I realize how transient this life is. Nothing is the same from one season to the next. The world is always changing, always moving, always expanding… and so am I.
I don’t know what my future has in store. It’s a vast world and I am so small. As I move forward, I need to hold fast to who I know that I am. I need to know that, when I look into the mirror, the me I see may be different, but it’s still me. I need to know that the road I’m on is leading somewhere.
When I blog, this is my lens. I write to know myself. I write to figure out where I’m going. And I write to have fun. I can’t promise what you will find here–although, really, I write a lot about books and adventures–but the unknown is part of the fun.
Let’s step onto the road and begin.
As always, this is very eloquent! Love your blog 😀
I love Tolkien. Good quote, by the way.
Thanks!! Tolkien’s one of my favorites too. 🙂
Hi! I’m Amanda. I found your blog through Blogging 101, because you liked one of my posts! So thanks. I wanted to stop by to check out your blog.
I love your title. I think it holds so much meaning, and is very open ended. I look forward to reading your posts. xx
Thanks so much, Amanda!!
You have such a way with words! I’m excited to read more about where your road leads you 🙂
Thank you so much!
Nice blog! I look forward to reading more.
Thanks for stopping by! Hope you continue to enjoy it!
Thank you, I look forward to reading 🙂