Bilbo's Dangerous Business of Stepping Out the Door and Finding Himself

There’s always more to every Road than meets the eye.

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As we hit the road between Houston and Minneapolis, I have been meditating on the meaning of the road. The road is such a mythical thing.

When Gandalf gave Bilbo a little nudge out the door and onto his adventure, he knew something about Bilbo that Bilbo himself didn’t know. Gandalf knew he had to go there and back again to return to himsel…