The Rave ~ July

Best Friends Forever
Best friends are a thing to cherish and hold in your heart. True friendship is something we live for. International Friendship Day is July 30, or in some places August 7. Ron, Harry and Hermione might not have celebrated this fantastic holiday, but here are a few reasons how, and why?

First, what makes a friend, a friend? When we choose a friend, we often look for things we both like. I like music, my friend is married to music. We both like cats. Maybe you and your best friend enjoy the same books, sit next to each other on the bus. Maybe you grew up together since both of you were in diapers. Whatever the case may be, we all chose our friend for one reason, love.

Love is what binds friends together. A sibling sort of love. How can we show that love? A tradition of International Friendship Day is the giving of friendship bracelets. It is a constant reminder of the silent pact we made to support each other.

Now onto the Harry Potter series friendships. First let's look at the golden trio, Ronald, Harry, Hermione. Their meeting was an accident, but their friendship wasn't. They stayed friend's through the thick and thin of many challenges, especially when Ron had a girlfriend.

Although their friendship was threatened many times, they chose to stay together, and that is something they will hold forever.

Can we learn anything from this friendship? Yes, we can learn many things. One is that true friends love you for who you are, not for what you've been labeled.

Harry was labeled as the boy who lived, but that didn't matter to Ron and Hermione. They saw him as the boy who cared and stood up for his friends. Ron was labeled as a disgrace to the wizard name by many Slytherin's and other such Wizards. He was known to have a temper, but Harry and Hermione saw him as Loyal and brave, the true attributes of a Griffindor. Hermione was labeled as a know it all, and snobby, but many knew her to be kind and wanting to help anyone in need (even the house elves, though they swore they loved their jobs). Together they were labeled as trouble makers and heros, but many people saw them as their friends.

What's another lesson we can learn? We can learn that sometimes the popular choice isn't always the best one. Harry turned down Draco's offer to become friends because he was rude to the first Wizard that helped him, well, second if you count Hagrid. He instead chose the path that may not have been very popular, but it was the path that brought happiness.

There you have it, Best Friends Forever, and a little more. Now go out and tell your friends just how much you appreciate them. Until next time Ravies.