User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4132213-20110709235838

The first chapter book I ever read on my own was Sorcerer's Stone. The first movie I remember going to see was Chamber of Secrets. I cried for months after my eleventh birthday, and I maintain to this day that my letter was lost in the mail. Harry Potter is proof that any one person is capable of doing the impossible. I see it this way: If Harry can defeat someone so scary his name went unmentioned for a generation, why can't I stand up against bullies, be at the top of my class, fight for what I know is right, defy stereotypes, be everything I dream? If Harry can find the blind courage to defeat his mortal enemy multiple times, why can't I get out of bed to face each new day? Harry Potter, his friends, family, and whole world, stand for courage and hope to me.