“Cut it out,” he said firmly, rubbing the scar as the pain receded again… Harry ignored it. He felt older than he had ever felt in his life, and it seemed extraordinary to him that barely an hour ago he had been worried about a joke shop and who had gotten a prefect’s badge.
An imaginary land of witches and wizards is sure a piece of fiction but it can also offer lot for its reader to learn. Above mentioned lines are taken from “Harry Potter and the order of Phoenix”, Harry was worried that why he didn’t receive the prefect’s badge and he was thinking about the joke shop but the moment his scar started to pain, he wondered that how could he be worried about such trivial issues.
Reading these lines and while writing the draft for this post, I was thinking that world is big and there’s so much to explore but petty issues, tensions and worries won’t give us much free time and as William Henry Davies describes in his poem “Leisure”
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this is if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
My words, My life 
I have never read any of the Harry Potter stories nor seen any of the movies. How much have you read or seen of Harry? I absolutely love that poem…I love how it rhymes, I love the message, so simple yet so true!! 🙂
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Thank you so very much Deb, I’ve read all the parts of Harry Potter series and think that movies haven’t done justice to this masterpiece.
There is lot to learn and lot to explore in Harry Potter. For me reading and reading it is always a beautiful experience 🙂
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Hmm maybe that will be my summer reading…it always intrigued me!! Funny how most of the time the movie is not as good as the book…must be that they can’t match our wild imaginations!! 😉
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Very right, the experience of reading the series is so full of strong imagination that after reading you’ll never enjoy watching it(:
And, if you’re planning to read it then your summer will be magical (:
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Okay you talked me into it…who wouldn’t want to have a magical summer!! I’m in…Harry Potter here I come!! 🙂
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Its like we have time for a hundred things and we are busy with some other hundred, amidst we perfect out somethings and desire for a few other things and still there is so much around to appreciate.
What i mean is, “It’s all a beautiful Mess!” 🙂
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You’re so very right in your thoughts. Reading your comment makes me feel that you’re thankful to all the mess in your life. This is a positive approach and it will sure attract bundle of happiness in your life 🙂
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I sure do appreciate all the mess! 😀
smiles.. 🙂
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Isn’t it so true. Sometimes, I’m worried that there is so much to do, so much things that I can do; and sometimes I’m wasting time on the pettiest of the issues…. 🙂
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Your observation is so very right. I can’t agree more with you 🙂
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