User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4141847-20110713044909

I know this is going to sound cliche now but here goes nothing.

Like so many of already said, I grew up reading Harry Potter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was the first actual book I ever finished. When I finished It I was so happy that I picked it up in the first place that I wanted to keep reading from that day on. And I did, not only Harry Potter but other books as well. I had found my first true passion. Harry Potter introduced me into a world of imagination that I had never before thought possible. Ever since I closed the first book for the first time, I have used my imagination to the fullest. Today, a college student, I still read the books and watch the movies as much as I can. They still inspire me no matter what. I have felt like Harry and his friends are not only people I can look up to in the darkest and saddest of times, but also people I consider to be friends. Any time I have to chance, I use my imagination, whether it be in a normal activity through the day or something that actually requires me to use it. My imagination is what drives me. I aspire to write someday, to create magic with pen and ink or keyboard and screen. This is my biggest dream. And I wouldn't have this dream if it wasn't for J.K. Rowling's amazing story of Harry Potter. I owe her and Harry alike a thanks from the deepest part of my being, because if it wasn't for her story and characters, I feel like I wouldn't have had a child hood.

Now as the final film comes to a close in a few days time, I can gladly say that my childhood has come to an end. Although theses stories will live in me forever, I can now move on and hopefully fill the world with magic just a J.K. Rowling did for my childhood. Harry Potter has been everything for me, and will continue to be for the rest of my life.