“Then let us be rid of it... once and for all! Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you... but I can carry you!” - Samwise Gamgee

I asked someone what I should write about in this blog, because frankly, I had no clue.  He told me that it would be a good idea to write about Hobbits.  I told him he was being ridiculous, he assured me he was completely serious, so I’ll take his word for it.

            I love hobbits.  To me, they are more than little chubby people who make even me look tall by comparison.  They are the soul of the greatest series known to mankind: Lord of the Rings.  What kind of a person can imagine life without Lord of the Rings?  I certainly can’t.  I remember when I was a freshmen I told someone I hadn’t seen the Lord of the Rings movies.  He returned my comment with a blank, stunned stare.  After taking a moment to recover from his shock he explained to me that if I hadn’t watched Lord of the Rings, my life wasn’t complete.  So I finally set aside three and a half hours to watch the first movie, and to my surprise, my classmate had been right, my life was now finally complete.

I honestly believe that I will never again see anything as inspiring as the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.  I admire Gandalf for possessing extraordinary magic powers, and for remaining loyal to the cause he believes in.  I love how Aragon starts out as a ranger, who then accepts his true destiny as the king of man.  I wish I shared Gilmi’s endurance and uncanny accuracy with a bow.  So don’t get me wrong, all of these characters are stars, but these stars are outshone by the hobbits.

            Hobbits are easy going and relaxed creatures who don’t like adventures.  They prefer to live a predictable day to day village life.  And yet, they are the creatures who embark on the greatest adventure I have ever witnessed.  To the untrained eye, hobbits may not seem particularly special.  They have to magic power, like Harry Potter; They can not harness the power of the force like a Jedi.  Hobbits have one thing to rely on and one thing alone: themselves.  I am just as talented as a Hobbit is, but I assure you I wouldn’t succeed in the Hobbits’ place.  How then are they successful?  It is because they become determined to accomplish a task, and then they don’t stop until they are successful.  Hobbits prove that you don’t have to be something special to accomplish something special.  Hobbits succeed because they choose to.

            And this is why I am sitting here in agony, waiting for the first part of The Hobbit to come out.  I expect that it will be and epic journey, and at the center of this journey, there will be a hobbit, on an adventure, fighting against the odds.