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Once I Believed...
When I was a small child, I was the type of kid that believed wholeheartedly in magic. I would often take refuge from the stress of the ‘real world’ up in my room or outside brandishing a wand (a twig), sporting a wizard’s robe (blanket), and carrying one of the fabulous Harry Potter books. With these combined with my eager imagination, I could delve deeply into the depths of the wizarding world and explore my fantasies to the heart’s content.
Sad though it may seem, I really did believe in magic. I wasn’t ashamed of it though, for I was confident that I would soon receive my envelope admitting me into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I would be whisked away, with the scent of adventure filling my nose, from all of my petty problems and cruel peers to a wonderful world where my wildest dreams would take the place of harsh reality.
So I waited. I waited, sometimes planning what I would do with my life once I was unveiled to be a wizard. I waited, barely daring to imagine the bliss I would feel when the owl would swoop in with a letter of parchment tied to its leg. And I waited, starting to worry that maybe I wasn’t a wizard after all. And I waited, with the looming possibility that there was no magic peering around my wishes and imaginations.
As you’re probably predicting, the inevitable happened. The year came and went when I was supposed to receive the invitation. With the disappearance of that letter came the disappearance of all of my hope. Filled with a bit of fresh apathy, I continued my life leaving behind that dead dream that had lifted me up and then dropped me.
And soon, the dream was forgotten.
But as I grew up in a world with no spells or quidditch, as I was raised without wand or flying broomstick, as I became accustomed to there being no dragons or unicorns, I realized something. Magic did exist. Maybe it didn’t appear in the form that I had pictured while reading the Harry Potter series, but it was definitely there.
It sometimes showed itself when I was listening to a symphony of beautiful music. It surprised me every time I looked outside at night and saw the great moon and myriad of stars. It comforted me in the form of loyal friends or caring family. It said hello as I witnessed moments of extreme kindness or affection and twinkled in my tears as I dwelled on them. It resided in places of remotest nature and utmost sacredness. Magic was joy. Magic was love. Magic was music. Magic was hope. Magic was God.
So I became content once again. True, I did not live as I had imagined since I was so very young and wistful for a world that I would never reach. But I had found the world as it truly is, and found it to be a hundred times more fulfilling. For magic is real, and magic is here.
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Awww, thanks :)
Let me know when you do, that sounds like fun :D
Well, you should be!(Just as confident as your book counterpart) because you are just as kind and sweet and witty as her! :)
You know, I want to hear Raven's and Izzy-Bard's ideas about the new Harry Potter movie so let me make a forum and then we can talk more!
My parents LOVED The Shashenk Redemption but I've never seen it but I'll put it on my to-do list..
Never seen or heard those two but I'll watch them too! :)
Aww, that sucks. :(
But that's still cool though and you could still see him and get something out of it. It was actually kinda hard to see J.K Rowling. I was eleven back then so I was super-short and in order for me to get a good look of her, I had to stand on my tippy toes. :)
That's so cool! I myself am a big fan of Morgan Freeman (The Bucket List, The Dark Knight,Invictus...etc). He always plays in very good movies and he's a very good actor. He plays in most of my favorite movies. Invictus and The Dark Knight are some of my favorite movies. :)
You've ever seen them?
So what is he like? Is he as wise and perspective as the characters he plays?
That sounds like an incredible experience. I don't know much about Rowling, only that she's my idol for creating the Harry Potter series. It's wonderful that you got to see her.
The only famous person I've actually seen is Morgan Freeman, which was pretty cool, though.
I totally thought she was an Christian and I think people who see Harry Potter as evil are a bit misguided, to say the least.
Yep! She spoke at a Harvard Graduation and a customer of my mom's a professor at Harvard and he gave us tickets so I saw her speech. By the way, I live super-close to Harvard.It was wonderful. Unfortunately, I don't remember much because that was three years ago but I remember two things
1. She's very beautiful, with gorgeous blond hair and blue eyes.
2. She said she got a degree in English Literature and a year after she graduated, she worked with Ammesty International, an organization that helps free prisoners from around the world(prisoners that protest for human rights), I'd think you'd like that. :)
Anyway, she said it was a very depressing job, she said stuff from that job helped her with all the scary, evil stuff in Harry Potter. She was working with this African man, who was trying to free his mother. And when he herad she'd be killed, the scream of pure agony.. she says she often goes to that moment for the dementor's kiss and stuff...
I was trying to get an autograph, no luck. BUT I STILL SAW HER! :)
Really? I was almost certain she's a Christian...
It's ridiculous that so many religious fanatics can condemn Harry Potter for how evil it is, when they're totally misinformed about how 'anti-evil' it is. It has a lot of moral and spiritual themes, I thought when I read it.
You saw J. K. Rowling?!?!?!
