User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4157117-20110716212110

What does harry potter mean to me? As a seven year old falling in love for the first time it meant power. I truley believed that somewhere in the world there was a place called Hogwarts where children learned magic and I was determined to find the magic inside me so I could recieve my hogwarts letter and attend school with Harry and his friends. Naturally, I was quite disheartened to find that no matter how hard I tried I could not with the wave of a stick make objects fly or mix a sleeping potion by combining various vegetation form my backyard. I was devistated when people bursted my bubble. No, you are not a witch. Harry Potter isn't real. There is no such thing as magic. As a little kid I was crushed but it merely increased my love for Harry Potter. All I wanted to do was read and get lost in a world where magic was real, and anything you desired could be achieved by the wave of wand. It wasn't until I was older that I figured out what J.K Rowling's words truley meant to me. For me, it means finding the magic in one's self, and no I am not talking about the kind of magic witches and wizards perform. It means finding the power, the strength, the magic if you will to achieve any goal. Throughout the series Harry was always the underdog. Who would have imagined a skinny black haired orphan could have defeated a mountain troll, killed a basilisk, produce a full body patronus, win the triwizard tournament, defeat the most dangerous dark wizard of all time? The truth is Harry Potter is and was an ordinary wizard. What made him extraordinary was his ability to overcome adversities that no one could have imagined simply because he is loyal, brave and in the words of Albus Dumbledore does what is right instead of what is easy. I. Harry Potter means finding the magic inside of you and has taught me so much about loyalty, strength and finding the courage and bravery Harry does to do anything I want to and if I do that anything is possible. Just like magic. :)