“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who
live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the
time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Based on the premise in the dialogue between Frodo and Gandalf in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship
of the Ring", which of the following best describes the moral lesson conveyed?