Completing the Northern Courage Arc
Over the past week, we’ve followed Aragorn, Frodo, and Upham —
through courage, freeze, mercy, and consequence —
all the way to the edge of alignment.
We’ve been circling a simple truth:
Alignment is the courage it takes to live in right relationship with yourself, your choices, and the world.
But the timing matters.
This arc ends with alignment.
And alignment isn’t a belief — it’s a practice.
I’m not sharing that practice today.
Christmas is for remembering who you love.
For warmth, memory, and presence.
For honoring what already matters.
The work of dismantling who you are not —
of clearing what’s false so what’s true can move cleanly —
comes next.
We’ll pick this up soon.