Memory: There are a lot of kind of vague/unspecific things I'd probably think about while casting a patronus, such as "my friends" or "muffinvasion" or "my year in folk high school" etc, but this is probably the single memory I think about the most when I want to cheer myself up! Short version: "Allow yourself to dream." Long version: A few years ago I found out that there was going to be a fantasy and sci-fi con near where I live. Cons never happen where I live so I was really excited, meeting other geeks, drooling over geeky things, maybe meeting someone famous and so on. The con was over a weekend and was going to close around 7 on that Sunday, so even though I had to do some work for my grandmother I was able to get there about an hour before they closed! I drooled over some Harry Potter stuff and bought a t-shirt, then I turned and saw a few tables where people were handing out autographs. One of those people were John Rhys-Davies (know from The Lord of the Rings and Indiana Jones ++) and there was no one in line! So I kind of... collected myself a bit and went over there to talk to him. And we talked for almost half an hour, because no one else came to get his autograph (also the con was about to close so no one else was really around...). I told him I really wanted to work with movies or theatre (behind the scenes, not as an actor) and he told me how great that was and I when I went all pessimist (because that's what I do) and said I'd probably end up working in a grocery shop for the rest of my life he said I shouldn't think like that and try to aim a little higher. He was so nice, he complimented me on my hair and as we were just chatting he asked me about my sister and when I told him we didn't really talk much he grabbed a picture of himself and autographed it to my sister and gave it to me for free (I had already paid about $25-30 for mine)! Then when someone came over and told me I had to leave since they were closing he said he wanted to write something on my photo besides his autograph, so he wrote "Dearest Vanja; allow yourself to dream! Good luck, from John Rhys-Davies". It's simple, but those words and his kindness really stuck with me to the point where I think I can say I probably wouldn't be the same today without it. When I lose hope in myself I think about what he said and I look at what he wrote and it gives me a boost, when I'm having a bad day I think about that half hour, because when those words come from someone you admire that much... :'3
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There are a lot of kind of vague/unspecific things I'd probably think about while casting a patronus, such as "my friends" or "muffinvasion" or "my year in folk high school" etc, but this is probably the single memory I think about the most when I want to cheer myself up!
Short version: "Allow yourself to dream."
Long version: A few years ago I found out that there was going to be a fantasy and sci-fi con near where I live. Cons never happen where I live so I was really excited, meeting other geeks, drooling over geeky things, maybe meeting someone famous and so on. The con was over a weekend and was going to close around 7 on that Sunday, so even though I had to do some work for my grandmother I was able to get there about an hour before they closed! I drooled over some Harry Potter stuff and bought a t-shirt, then I turned and saw a few tables where people were handing out autographs. One of those people were John Rhys-Davies (know from The Lord of the Rings and Indiana Jones ++) and there was no one in line! So I kind of... collected myself a bit and went over there to talk to him. And we talked for almost half an hour, because no one else came to get his autograph (also the con was about to close so no one else was really around...). I told him I really wanted to work with movies or theatre (behind the scenes, not as an actor) and he told me how great that was and I when I went all pessimist (because that's what I do) and said I'd probably end up working in a grocery shop for the rest of my life he said I shouldn't think like that and try to aim a little higher. He was so nice, he complimented me on my hair and as we were just chatting he asked me about my sister and when I told him we didn't really talk much he grabbed a picture of himself and autographed it to my sister and gave it to me for free (I had already paid about $25-30 for mine)! Then when someone came over and told me I had to leave since they were closing he said he wanted to write something on my photo besides his autograph, so he wrote "Dearest Vanja; allow yourself to dream! Good luck, from John Rhys-Davies". It's simple, but those words and his kindness really stuck with me to the point where I think I can say I probably wouldn't be the same today without it. When I lose hope in myself I think about what he said and I look at what he wrote and it gives me a boost, when I'm having a bad day I think about that half hour, because when those words come from someone you admire that much... :'3
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