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“… thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else.”

    - quoted from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 38: The Second War Begins.

Makes you want to have a handy bottle of Dr. Ubbly’s Oblivious Unction.

I’ve read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for, who knows how many times, and that line never stood out more to me than it does now. Of course it was some bit of good, for a lack of a better word, advice; but really who would remember that one among all the other witty remarks that J.K. Rowling has inserted in the now six book Harry Potter Series.

Its funny how we discourage emotionality and put if off as cliché and corny, but deep inside we all have that weak spot, that part of us that reveals itself in the wee hours of the night, when we are left to our thoughts, alone, with no one to criticize or judge us.

Why is it that all of that pent up emotion only gets released either when we are overly drunk, or else overly traumatized?

Well, we were all raised to be strong, to fight, not to give in, and has being emotional been synonymous to that? Can’t people see how much effort, and bravery it takes to actually express your true feelings, or admit your mistakes, or praise your enemy?

Or do we all see it but choose to ignore it?

I for one have chosen to ignore it, as a good friend told me last night, for the good of all those involved, maybe it is indeed better to just ignore the things that they won’t know about anyway. It’ll feel like hell but at least nobody else is getting hurt right?

I could really use a gulp of that Oblivious Unction right now.

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