You are just hanging around doing your thing and then…
Bam! Gandalf shows up and invites you on an adventure!
For Bilbo it was voluntary. Come do this crazy thing! And Bilbo was like…. “Nah… it’ll be fine!”
But… something ate at him. Something called him inside, a call of lost wistful things, something in his heart… and he said… Fuck it! And off he went!!!
Now Frodo was a bit different. Gandalf came a calling again, but this time… there was something else going on. This wasn’t just a call to adventure… this was a call of conscience. The whole world would suffer if Frodo refused. The adventure was very much THRUST upon him.
The ring very much came upon him… and he had no choice but to respond.
But… are you Bilbo? Or are you Frodo? The wizard is here… you’ve been called for the fun of it, or because catastrophe has struck.
Or you are just happy at home doing your thing and you have no intention on going on an adventure.
“We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can’t think what anybody sees in them.”
-Bilbo Baggins