Middle-Earth exemplifies everything. All I feel, all I've ever felt - it has been felt by them before.
My wish is to live a life of glory, of purpose. These days it seems like nothing matters but money, looks, progress - faded definitions of success that we still accept. What would it be like, I wonder, to truly feel danger? To have things that I hold dear at risk. What would it mean to fight for what I believe in? I have never been truly tested - my struggles are all with little things, not with "matters of consequence." Lord of the Rings shows indeed what it means "to struggle against great odds, to meet enemies undaunted." Lord of the Rings explores true friendship and love - not romance.
[EDIT] I never finished this post, but the 22nd of September was Frodo and Bilbo's birthdays. I read some Silmarillion, was drawn in Middle-Earth and Arda once more and perused various sections of the LotR books. I think everyone of my generation will feel like they've lost some part of themselves when the Harry Potter franchise comes to a close, but I've already felt that way, a long long time ago when LotR was over (and more recently, with the last live performance of the soundtrack at WolfTrap). I can tell you, my friends, you never really lose a hold of something like that. I think, with LotR, I understand what it means to never really lose something you love.
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