User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4124900-20110712023854

A lot of people are probably going to say that they can't express in words, and granted it's hard, but I'm going to try. For me, growing up, I didn't have a lot of lessons to live my life by. Sure, there was Barney and Disney movies, but those never really truly taught me anything. When I was eleven, Harry Potter came into my life. That was when I got the first book into my hands, and that was when I began to learn how to really live my life. I honestly believe if it weren't for the Harry Potter books, I would not be the person I am today. From those books, I learned to love everyone, not judge them right off the bat, accept faults, give for the ones that you love, and face my problems head on. Also, it was the cause of me becoming so devoted to writing and literature. I owe my love of the written word, like so many others to those seven books that sit on my shelf in my bookcase at the very top. I can only hope that if I were given the opportunity like Mrs. Rowling herself, that I can make her proud and help touch the hearts of so many with the same effect. So, for me, the whole series means all the life lessons I have learned and how I have become the loving, calm person I am today. I owe my person to Mrs. Rowling, and I will forever hold a place in my heart special for the Golden Trio.