Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard

by Tom Felton

that it’s our choices, not our abilities, that show us what we truly are.

“I’m not a wealthy man,” he said quietly. “I don’t have much money. I don’t have a big house. I don’t have a fancy car. But I have my wife, and I have my children, and I have my grandchildren, and that means I am a rich man. A very rich man.” He fixed me with a piercing stare and inclined his head a little. “Are you a rich man?” he asked.

It’s easy to bask in the sun, not so easy to enjoy the rain. But one can’t exist without the other. The weather always changes. Feelings of sadness and happiness deserve equal mental screen time.

The only true currency we have in life is the effect we have on those around us.