Years from now, after taking the road less traveled, I would like to look back and know in my heart that it has made all the difference.
My wife running barefoot in a sunlit glade of the Old Forest. A glimpse of old Bombadil and Goldberry with her water lilies. The sadness of the firstborn passing into the West. Just a glimpse of these things would make Iluvatar's gift much easier to bear before the end.
This is one instance where "the left hand path" would seem to be the right path so to speak
Although I think someone might have beat us to it, where did Malbeth the Seer get his information? Someone who has read the books perhaps?
No regrets, Middle-Earth or Bust