This is probably my favourite LotR-theme.
It still brings tears to my eyes to read that passage from "Grey Havens" where Frodo explains to Sam why he has to leave Middle Earth. (Could anyoe quote? I don't own a copy in english.) Tolkien is at his best here, showing that every great victory is somehow bittersweet.
As you have pointed out, almost all of the main chracters in LotR have to loose something in order to help save ME. And that is the real test for us too in our lives: whether we can make that sacrifice to gain something bigger, or not.
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