Practical Prose of Harry Potter #5

“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. You know, the stone was really not such a wonderful thing. As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all – the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things which are worst for them.” (Harry Potter: The Complete Collection, 288)

Unlimited money and time won’t fulfill us, yet we try to seek more of it every day. Dumbledore reminds us to think more intentionally about the things we desire. If we run on autopilot, we could end up attached to things that do us more harm than good.