Richard Armitage keeps me shining

Day started poorly, and isn’t there always a subtext? But here’s the reminder:

Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield in preproduction vlog #6 for The Hobbit. Source: RichardArmitageNet.com

Be in the moment, be focused, be your best, be it fully. Do it now, do it correctly, do it beautifully, do it completely.

“Keep shining.”

~ by Servetus on March 3, 2012.

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12 Responses to “Richard Armitage keeps me shining”

Imagine if this man knew how much he gives to people by merely existing. I won’t go as far as saying he keeps me sane, but he’s definitely a touchstone for the idea that life isn’t always a slog.

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simplegirl said this on March 3, 2012 at 4:58 pm | Reply
- I suspect he has an idea (if he reads his fan mail), because so many people have told me their stories, and I can only assume that some of them also have written to him to thank him. But I think about it almost every morning. If you knew what you did for me, Richard Armitage …
  
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  servetus said this on March 3, 2012 at 5:00 pm | Reply
Here is wishing you a good weekend.
With these new pictures, I am now spiraling into a thorin addiction. lol

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gracie said this on March 3, 2012 at 5:02 pm | Reply
- me too. Which is seriously surprising me.
  
  and ditto — good weekend to you too.
  
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  servetus said this on March 3, 2012 at 5:02 pm | Reply
  - I’d be honored, then, if you’d check out my Thorin fanfic.
    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7855980/1/When_bThorin_b_met_Tauriel
    I hope you like it. It’s my first attempt at a fanfic.
    
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    Saraleee said this on March 3, 2012 at 6:35 pm | Reply
I wish you, that your day is turning round, Servetus. With that picture of RA it certainly did for me and my headake (‘Föhn’ in Munich) just vaporised ;o)

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CDoart said this on March 3, 2012 at 5:36 pm | Reply
Yes, RA can be really inspiring and I’m sure you have the light and strength to overcome the bad moments. Wish your Saturday finishes in a very different way and if it doesn’t, tomorrow is a new day!!!

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Luciana said this on March 3, 2012 at 6:07 pm | Reply
Hope your day gets better.

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jasrangoon said this on March 3, 2012 at 6:25 pm | Reply
He seems to have a joy of ife and a pride of work that I think we all find appealing. After all, it seems he is living his dream. Hope your day picks up 😉

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IWantToBeAPinUp said this on March 3, 2012 at 8:48 pm | Reply
Hi Serv,
Very inspirational quote and subject!
Cheers! Grati ;->

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Gratiana Lovelace said this on March 4, 2012 at 3:15 am | Reply
[…] to procrastinate, I’ve been reminding myself of the caps from the latest Hobbit vlog and how they inspired me. But I do also have that experience of looking a picture and starting to feel my frontal lobes […]

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Richard Armitage: brain musher or creativity spur? « Me + Richard Armitage said this on March 5, 2012 at 4:48 am | Reply
[…] which lifted me up on a bad day. I reiterated it again as a shorter reminder post to myself — Richard Armitage keeps me shining. And then I talked about how to know if a picture of Armitage was going to push me in the direction […]

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