What would the ring tempt you with?

[Eönwë]

Originally Posted by alatar

Anyway, how many of the wraiths died rich, at peace and with their wives accompanying them?

But that doesn't mean that a first they didn't believe they would.

[Airaloske]

the ring would tempt me with the power to go back in time, to relive my life and make better decisions. It would indulge my "what-ifs" to the point that I'd forget who I really was, and then would abandon me when things went wrong -again-. I'd soon find out that all it was doing was pulling a very vivid illusion over my eyes, making me believe that I was really experiencing life all over again.

[Pitchwife]

Originally Posted by Airaloske

the ring would tempt me with the power to go back in time, to relive my life and make better decisions. It would indulge my "what-ifs" to the point that I'd forget who I really was, and then would abandon me when things went wrong -again-. I'd soon find out that all it was doing was pulling a very vivid illusion over my eyes, making me believe that I was really experiencing life all over again.

That sounds quite familiar. It took me a long time to come to the point in my life when I learned to thank Whoever Is In Charge for most of the mistakes I made and forgive myself for the rest. If I could go back, chances are I'd just make different mistakes this time - and who knows, it might be for the the worse!

[Lush]

What would the ring tempt you with?

Boys. Booze. The Nobel Prize for Literature.

Professional success, in a nutshell, is what's important to me. And I feel it's easy to fall into the trap where it eclipses everything else, and I see that with people who, like me, chase their own metaphoric One Rings. It's a need that, once you let it take over, can never be sated, even as it saps your relationships, which is the scary part.

Or maybe it would go all cheap on me and offer a decent new external hard drive. God knows, I need me one of those.