We all have guides in our lives. Our guides depend on us believing in them weather is is a person or religion. In the things they carried by Tim O’Brien talks about his guides in the chapter on the rainy river.
Guides in our lives help us to get to a destination. The destination is a better life in the end but the journey you go through with Ur guide might be long and hard but it’s the experiences and lessons you learn that makes the destination so special.
Guides help us find a purpose and to find a better life. The story that Tim O’Brien tells the story of his guides and how Elroy lead him to the right decision to go into the war
O’Brien was lost. He didn’t know what to do. He had the choice of going into the war and fighting for his country, Or fleeing to Canada but in doing so he can never come back. Elroy took O’Brien in and he saw what he was going through. Elroy fed him, gave him a place to sleep, clothes. All this kindness and giving because Elroy wanted to help O’Brien with his choice. Elroy is a caring and loving person. he sees the pain that Tim is going through and he is the perfect icon to be his guide. Elroy was able to give him experiences and life lessons to tell him that you should always do what is right. It might not help you to your benefits, but it will help other people and in the long run you will find happiness from decisions you made in the past
After the war Brian wanted to tell the amazing stories of his life and the war. This story is important because the guidance that he received made him make the right decision and become a better person. The lesson from this story is so important because after guidance you will find happiness.
O’Brien was scared to tell this story because he never told it to anyone. He was ashamed of what kind of person he was and the decisions he was about to make. But with guides like Elroy, looking back, it’s a story he needs to tell because in the end he found happiness. If he did not receive the guidance he did, he would have gone to Canada and would never be able to come to the states again. He would not have gone to the war and be able to tell all these stories that O’Brien could share.
From this story, O’Brien wants us to listen to out guides. He went through rough times and had to make life changing decisions just like anybody else. So if you listen to your guides no matter who or what it is. You can make the right decisions and find happiness. O’Brien also wants you to do what you think is right. O’Brien may have not wanted to go to war but in the end it was the right decision. So he wants you to make the right decision whether you think it’s right or wrong for yourself because in the end your experiences and decisions will help you find happiness.
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” Isaiah 30:21
to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.” Luke 1:79
I have said that in the past that my religion is very important to me. I believe that not only our guides can be other people. I feel that my god is my guide and the bible teaches me that and if i see that someone has been helping me as a guide, i feel that my god has sent that person to help me make me decisions that will make my life better.