What is required of us in order to feel genuinely grateful? What, then, does genuine gratitude entail and require of us going forward? How does being grateful for particular things relate to being grateful for life in general?

What does forgiveness require? Is there a difference between forgiveness and reconciliation? Why should we forgive, and is forgiveness necessary for living well? What is required for self-forgiveness, and what expectations and responsibilities accompany self-forgiveness?

What exactly is adventure? What happens when we're on an adventure, and how might we be changed by it? What is a healthy sense of adventure? Can there be adventure even in a place as tranquil as the Shire?

What does it mean to be a friend? Is friendship a matter of opinion or standing, or is the question of whether or not someone is a friend an empirical matter? If so, what is required to be a friend to someone? What responsibilities do we have to our friends?

If fear and faith are both directed at the future, how does each of them propel us into the future? How do fear and faith change the nature of how we make decisions and how we act? What do lives of fear and lives of faith look like? Is it possible to have fear alongside faith or faith alongside fear?

Why work? Why pick one line of work over another? One line of work, or several? How does play become work? What makes work worthwhile and when might it be time to find new work?

What would a life without grace look like? Where do we see grace? How does it look? What can witnessing graceful things do for us? Can we cultivate grace in our own lives?

Why is being honest often difficult, and what does it require of us? Does genuine honesty run deeper than mere truth-telling? What is it to be sincere, and what is the relationship between honesty and sincerity?