Happy New Year! Harry Potter is my all time favourite book series, so here is my first fanfiction about it! Please note, the chapters in this are supposed to be short, so although the story takes long, it'll be easier for me to update more frequently. Thank you.
Everything in life happens for a reason. Some things are good, some are bad. But everything has an effect. It is important to not underestimate any minute in your life; it happened for a reason and therefore it will have a consequence. However insignificant the moment may seem, it happened for a reason. Life is like throwing a pebble into a pond. Every point in your life has an effect, which will alter what you do in later life. The ripples represent this. What you do at that moment will change the rest of your life. From then on, there is little you can do to change it. How you cope with it, however, is how you get through it. There are hundreds of 'pebbles' that can, no, will affect your life. Illness, death, financial crisis, even natural disasters. All these cause inevitable 'ripples' decide who you are. If you are brave or a coward. If you will be rich or poor. Free or trapped. Good or bad.
However, some of these events do happen by accident. Perhaps you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Maybe, someone mistook you for someone else. But still, these events will decide who you will be. What your true nature is. Henry Stanley Haskins once said 'What lies behind us and what lies in front of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.' This quote is held close to my heart. My Mum would tell me this when I was upset. Your character is far more important than your past and future. Because, without character, emotions and feelings, what are we? Empty shells. Although they may mould us into what we are, you can't dwell on past events, or dread the future. You have to embrace each day like it's your last.
Please review.