Extending the metaphor

Someone brought up the fact that some people can't throw the ring away on their own, but unlike Frodo they haven't put it on. They are standing at the precipice saying, ``I can`t ... I can`t ... I can`t...`` These people might not need to lose a finger. they just need the ring gently wrested from their unhappy grip.

How Lord of the Rings Can Be Related to Every Situation in Life: Part XVII

I was trying to describe the weight of temptation to some people and I came out with this analogy, which I'm sure has been considered before. When we watch or read Lord of the Rings we tend to think, Frodo is a bit of a twit, why doesn't he just huck the ring and be done with it? But I don't think it is possible for us to understand the allure of the ring. We read that it's evil and we say, "okay, Gimli axe it." But it is not easy to axe and it is not easy to drop. People don't really catch that Frodo would not have let go of the ring. He was turning to Sam and saying, "why should I?" He was intending to keep it. If Gollum hadn't bit off his finger and accidentally fallen the ring would never have been destroyed. And if it had been me instead of Frodo that was chosen as ring bearer I would have fared no better. I would have failed. Thank Illuvatar that Gollum bit off that festering finger.

algebra

      I just learned that there are studies that show that animals cling tighter/form stronger attachments when the one they love pushes them away or gives them unreliable affection. I think this is true for humans as well. Children abandoned by their parents want desperately to earn their love, while they may be in a loving environment, they prefer the uncertain love of their parents.
      My point is this: we are programmed to cling. If we cling to the wrong thing for the wrong reasons we will get shafted over and over. If we cling to a false god, it will be hard to direct that attachment to something else. The more uncertain the god, the tighter we cling, right? So if there where a God that was true, and certain, and pursued us instead of ignoring, it would not be our primary inclination to love him. We would find ourselves on the other side, pushing away a lover and having them hold on. I think this is why we have that tendency, and I think this is the solution.

If u is uncertain love and d is our desire for it, and if w represents us then an equation might look like:
w+u=d but if we add P (perfect love) to both sides
 P+w+u=d+P and them subtract our desire for imperfect love
 P+w+u-d=P
Therefore, Perfect love plus us plus imperfect love minus the desire for imperfect love equals Perfect love. OR Perfect love displaces the desire for imperfect love and creates in us the ability to love perfectly (though we still also love imperfectly) Thus the equation is balanced.