Like many people, I’m a big Lord of the Rings fan.  It’s a great read, of course, and there are many, many things that you could latch on to and muse over in that rich world of Middle Earth that was created by Tolkien. While the story is a gripping one, as the movies have proven, it’s the characters that are worth looking into. And it’s strange how learning about a mythical race put a lot of things in perspective for me.

One of the things about the other races in LoTR is that they live for a very long time.  The dwarves live for centuries; the hobbits are closest to us in terms of lifespan, but they fully expect to live to a hundred (barring being eaten by an orc, I guess).  King of the hill are the elves who, if I understand it correctly, live for thousands of years.

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