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J.K. Rowling Brings Us All the Christmas Feels

by Aimee Krenz · December 24, 2016

It’s Christmas Eve. All over the world, people are celebrating the holiday season. Family and friends gather together, honoring traditions passed down through generations, sharing them with new generations, or perhaps creating new traditions that will some day be passed down.

For every joyful gathering, however, there are those who are far from their loved ones or whose holidays just aren’t what they should be, for a variety of reasons.

In a series of 12 tweets, J.K. Rowling has offered words of kindness, caring, and hope to those who may not be having such a wonderful holiday.

 

I’ve had so many lovely messages wishing me a merry Christmas. Thank you! 1/12

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

I’ve also heard from people who are going through very tough times. These always seem worse at Christmas. 2/12

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

At this time of year, we’re bombarded with images of perfect lives, which bear as little relation to reality as tinsel does to gold. 3/12

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

If you’re lucky enough to be with the people you love, warm and safe, with enough to eat, I’m sure you feel as blessed as I do. 4/12

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

But if your life is currently full of difficulties; if you aren’t where you want to be, either literally or figuratively, 5/12

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

remember that extraordinary transformations are possible. Everything changes. Nothing is forever. 6/12

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

Thinking back to my worst Christmas, I found it hard to believe that my unhappiness would pass. I was truly afraid of the future. 7/12

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

You never know what the future holds. Astonishing reversals of fortune happen every minute. 8/12

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

So if you’re sad, or lonely, or bereaved, or ill, separated from your loved ones or in any other way suffering this Christmas, 9/12

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

I send you love and wish you luck and better times. Millions of us have been where you are now. 10/12

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

Remember, Christmas Day is, in the end, just a day. It isn’t a test or a scorecard of you or your life, so be kind to yourself ❤️ 11/12

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

❄️☃️✨? Merry Christmas! ?✨☃️❄️

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 24, 2016

 

Rowling’s words remind us that our lives as we know them now can change in an instant. No matter what we celebrate, how we celebrate, or who we celebrate with, we are never alone. There are others who feel what we feel, happy or sad, and even if we are all alone, we are together in that, too.

Wherever you are, whatever your life may be now, better days lie ahead of you. As a wise professor once said,

 

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

– Albus Dumbledore

 

From all of us to all of you – Merry Christmas!

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