The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes are all yours to make.
The mold of your life is in your hands to break.

The greatest adventure is there if you're bold.
Let go of the moment that life makes you hold.
To measure the meaning can make you delay;
It's time you stop thinkin' and wasting the day.

The man who's a dreamer and never takes leave
Who thinks of a world that is just make-believe
Will never know passion, will never know pain.
Who sits by the window will one day see rain.

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes are all yours to make.
The mold of your life is in your hands to break.

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.

Many times, both as a child and as an adult I've drawn inspiration from this simple, yet powerful song. Often, as I've debated whether or not to take a risk or start something new, the line "the mold of your life is in your hands to break" has come to the fore in my mind.

The lesson of this song and all those in The Hobbit have stayed with me from innumerable viewings as a child. There are pieces of your childhood that you stumble upon years later and look back upon with nostalgia. And then there are pieces of your childhood that you never left behind, items that helped shape your thinking, and began to mold you into the person you would become. For me, The Hobbit (and especially this song) was one of the latter.