Thanks for the excellent post and contributing to our goal of keeping Harry Potter alive!
Your story reminds us all that, although we love the Harry Potter books and movies and enjoy the entertainment side of them, they can teach us some powerful life lessons.
Your post, if you read "between the lines" also highlights the feeling I'm getting from many of the stories people are writing on this site and that is: we all have difficult, even sad events and challenges in our lives but we really need to be strong to overcome them.
I know myself, even as an adult, I have very difficult days where you think it's better to just give up. But I must say, Harry Potter has even helped me in this regard. I think of some of the quotes and challenges in the book and realize the best thing we can do is...NEVER GIVE UP!!!
My favorite quote in the whole series is when Harry is talking to Sirius Black and saying where he thinks something might have gone wrong inside him and Sirius says...
"We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are."
It's a really powerful quote because it means, I think, that we are not at the mercy of outside forces and we can choose to become greater every day of our lives. If only the politicians of the world would watch Harry Potter and act on it! :))
Anyway, enough "rambling" from me. Once again, thanks for your excellent post and I hope you continue to enjoy Harry Potter for years to come!
