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There is a sense of order in the here and now, a life which has reason and meaning, even in the little things, like cooking meals or making friends.
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That hits the nail on the head, Child. Contained in the story is a summary of the human condition, the nobility of the human person, and the purpose of the human race. Amid sadness, suffering, and doubt, there is something in the spirit that drives one to embrace our nobility and strive for that which is beyond our mere condition.
We are all a curious, and clumsy Bilbo; we are all a Frodo, weighed down by the cares of the world and wounded by evil; we are all a Boromir, struggling between our weaknesses and our strengths; etc. etc. etc.
Tolkien was not just an author, a writer of books and quaint stories destined to be slapped between gaudy covers with catchy phrases. He was a bard who weaved in some mysterious way threads of magic into his labor. His words go beyond the mental, traverse the emotional, and they touch that which resides the deepest in our nature. And he did it without trying. There are many who are called artists, but there are very few artists like Tolkien.