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Living and whatnot

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Senior hoco already..?

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hoco finale 💐

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thank you Jesus for my people

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Carroll 🐅 VS Flour Bluff 🐝

#football #canon #fridaynightlights #sportsphotography

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Standing on who standing against me 🗣️🗣️💯

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HYPE NIGHT 🔥🔥🔥

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I read today about Tolkien’s idea of the long defeat and I wasn’t sure what he meant so I did some searching and it is a powerful concept that is part of Lord of the Rings

The “long defeat” is J.R.R. Tolkien’s philosophical worldview, which asserts that within a fallen world, history is a process of constant decay where goodness, beauty, and order are perpetually losing ground. First articulated in The Lord of the Rings, this concept rejects the idea of inevitable earthly progress. Instead, it suggests that physical kingdoms, civilizations, and magical realms will all eventually fade, crumble, or be corrupted by time and darkness.

Lady Galadriel embodies the macro-perspective of this struggle, recognizing that the defense of what is good is a weary, age-long rearguard action. Having fought the shadow across multiple millennia, she tells Frodo, “Together through ages of the world we have fought the long defeat.” For Galadriel, the heartbreak of the long defeat is intensely personal: even though defeating Sauron is necessary, doing so will strip her own ring of its power, causing the timeless beauty of Lothlórien to wither and fade. She fights anyway, fully aware that her victory requires her own diminishment.

Samwise Gamgee provides the micro-perspective, demonstrating that the long defeat is never a counsel of despair, but a reason for fierce, localized hope. Stranded in the ruined, blackened wastes of Mordor, Sam looks up to see a single star twinkling through the smog. In that moment, he realizes that the shadow is ultimately a “small and passing thing,” and that there is a “light and high beauty forever beyond its reach.” While Galadriel understands the tragic timeline of history, Sam understands the eternal reality above it—proving that protecting the good right in front of you is always worth the fight, regardless of the global odds.

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Flour Bluff vs Laredo LBJ
#fnl🏈 #flourbluffhornets #cph
#nikon #football

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Hornets For Christ will be having our first meeting of the school year tomorrow morning! It’s going to be a great time with friends, fellowship, and donuts!

See you at 8am in room 513!

#bible #jesuslovesyou #bibleclub #foryou #flourbluff

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BACK AT IT
Bluff vs Beeville scrimmage #flourbluff #football #fbhs #tnl #nikon

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The Flour Bluff Hornets return four varsity starters on offense, bringing back senior running back Sam Smith who recently announced his commitment to play college football at @af_football. Last year he rushed for 1,137 yards, scoring 24 touchdowns through 12 games. #RecruitTheCoast

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