Just A Hobbit

Anyone who has read Tolkien’s, The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings series knows Hobbits are just ordinary folk, who enjoy the simple things in life. They work, have gardens; and they love eating and gathering together with family and friends. They avoid all the confusion and power struggles of the world and its principalities, and for the most part they have no desire to leave the comforts and safety of the Shire and home.
That is until Sauron and the ring, both are incredibly evil. Sauron is the mastermind behind the ring, the ring is his means to control and enslave men and all the inhabitants of middle earth. Those places in allegiance with Sauron and under his power are dark and foreboding; they are the men of the east, the orcs and the like. The men of the west, the elves, the dwarves, cling to what remains of the areas not yet overcome by the darkness, although it is spreading and infiltrating the hearts of its great men.
Yet, it is not the great and mighty men which have the ability to destroy the ring, their greatness and ambition makes them especially vulnerable to the power of the ring. The heroes recognize their own weakness, and thus it is that Frodo with the support of Sam are entrusted with the almost insurmountable task of destroying the ring. This involves a long and perilous journey, one in which our heroes are often found longing for home and the simplicity of the Shire.
In the real world Sauron is the power of darkness, here in the West we call him the Devil and Satan and he is the adversary of men. The ring that binds them all is the system that we call government, it is unrestrained and unchecked and its goal and ambition is control of the whole world and the enslavement of its inhabitants. The men who have fallen under the sway of the ring are politicians, successful, wealthy, powerful, businessmen, professors and lawyers. They are ambitious and driven, they desire recognition and honor; they see themselves as higher, more intelligent, more enlightened, and more capable than ordinary humans. They do not recognize the evil of the ring; they see only the power and authority that it gives them, they are blinded to its very blackness and darkness, and the death and destruction it sows. They have lost the truth that life requires light, and that without it all living things die!
So what can a hobbit do? I am just a hobbit, I enjoy my simple life, my greatest joys and pleasures are found at home, and the work I do there, with family and friends, cooking and feeding the same, and in my garden. I am content at home in the shire. I have no desire for power, position or prestige. I have no yearning to control others or dictate the lives of others. I have my haven and am content there, but I am fully aware I can not force or control others to make them live it. Yet, I see the darkness and it is spreading, I see it in the hearts and minds of those who we have appointed as leaders, I see it in the system, I see the power of the ring and it is spreading and growing and encompassing the land, and its shadow is looming largely over the Shire.
So I ask again; what can a hobbit do to combat this darkness this evil that is spreading and threatening to destroy the Shire? Simple, foolish, not overly gifted, or extraordinary in any way, what can a hobbit do? Do we look to and depend upon the leaders, who because of their natures are especially vulnerable to the sway and hold of the ring? Can we use the power of the ring to gain control and force others to obey and live by what we believe is best? No, none of these will work. We must come out from the Shire and go off into the world and we must destroy the ring and its power, but we can not do this or achieve this alone, it will take many hobbit friends, for we will need to support and to sustain one another; for it is a long and perilous journey to the mountains and fires of Mordor. Yet, it is only we Hobbits who have the ability to resist the ring and its power, for in our hearts we only long for home, the simple things, and the bright light of day!