Friday 29 January 2016

"After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."

Dear Joanne Kathleen Rowling,
 
Thank you.
 
For your wise words.
 
When the mind is too stubborn to immerse itself in obscure philosophies spanning our planetary surface, you give us characters that offer counsel to the picky mind.
 
You give us people going through the pain of grief and separation and loneliness. And you let us know that it is universal. Suffering does not make you special. Coming through it out on the other side unscathed by the fire of sorrow does. Giving up on life is an insult to the memory of those that placed their own dreams and hopes in us.
 
You also let us know that our loved ones are never far away from us. Death may do us part on the physical plane but they blaze on in the fire of our hearts. Showing us that they have given us our life, and our life its purpose. And without purpose, we are nothing.
 
You give us heroes that live around us and in us. The heroes that lead us on our way, when we lose our direction. Like a Patronus offering a glimmer of hope in the dark.
 
Thank you.
 
For letting a young mind see the importance of it all ten years later.
 
We have courageous people- in life and in the pages of a book- to look up to. You may not be the only one lending a helping hand. But you certainly mean a good deal to those that grew up reading your work.
 
With love to you and the pillars of strength that hold everything in my world together.

Sunday 3 January 2016

Resolutions 2016

I'm terrible at mainstream new year resolutions but do fairly well at this.

Happy 2016!