But if you're someone who thinks that's all there is to Harry Potter, you're someone who is wrong.
What makes this saga of Harry Potter so interesting, to me at least, is the fact that Harry and Voldemort are actually very similar-- a part of Voldemort even lived inside of Harry (another spoiler!)-- except for one thing. The thing that sets these two a part is that Voldemort cannot feel love. He cannot look at someone and feel warm inside and he cannot form true unbreakable vows of affection and devotion.
But, Harry can.
And that's what keeps him alive when he faces death time after time after time. That's what let's him live, and Voldemort die.
Love is what keeps us alive, too. We need love in our lives to be able to wake up every morning and to be able to make it through the day, no matter how badly school or work or life treated us that day. And sometimes, we start to lose faith because we cannot see this love.
We lose faith in ourselves because of one bad test score or one fight with a family member. But we can't let this happen. You and I both need to know that there are so many things in life to love. We have our family, our friends, our sports, our extracurricular activities. We can love the sunrise and the sunset, the stars in the sky and the birds in the trees. There is love all around us.
To survive, we need love in our lives. After we take away all of the things in life we don't need-- phones, computers, cameras, cars, airplanes-- what's left? The answer is simple.
Love is left.
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"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love."
-Albus Dumbledore
