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Lately, I've found so many things happening in the past few days that lead me to wonder what others would do in these incidents. Simply because it never hurts to try to look at your situation through other eyes and as this question has begun making it way around, I began to think about how Dumbledore would handle things?
What Would Dumbledore Do? (http://thehpalliance.org/wwdd/)
What lessons has he taught me in the volumes of Harry Potter?
Stand by those you love and if you make a mistake and falter, pick yourself back up and try again. Dumbledore stood by Harry and the students of Hogwarts doing his best to protect them from what he knew or suspected was coming. At one point, Dumbledore thought it would be safer for Harry to distance himself and it turned out to be wrong. He admitted his error and continued to do his best once again, continuing to guide and protect the students.
When you can't do something, find someone who's good at it and can. Dumbledore did not try to do things on his own as when Harry needed to be trained in occulmency and legimency. Could Dumbledore perform these acts? I believe he could (though I admit I cannot remember if he actually did in the books) Yet, when it was important for Harry to learn these skills, Dumbledore was not afraid to say there was someone better and called in Professor Severus Snape.
And this also reminds me that Dumbledore would not do things alone always. Sometimes, yes, he had to walk a solitary path but when that was not fully necessary, he found aid and support in friends -- Hagrid, McGonagall, Snape, and others. He found strength in friends.
Speak kind words but when truth is more important, speak it. It would have been easy to stand before the students of Hogwarts and praise Cedric Diggory and give in to the ministries wishes of hiding what really happened. But it was the harder way to speak the truth -- put out in the open what really happened, not aquiesce to the ministry.
What would Dumbledore Do?
Dumbledore would do whatever it took to find a way to what was the good, the greater good.
Sometimes, life throws things in our way that seem difficult, random, painful, or just unrelated to where we are. But there's a method to it all and a way to find the purpose and plan to it.
What Would Dumbledore Do? (http://thehpalliance.org/wwdd/)
What lessons has he taught me in the volumes of Harry Potter?
Stand by those you love and if you make a mistake and falter, pick yourself back up and try again. Dumbledore stood by Harry and the students of Hogwarts doing his best to protect them from what he knew or suspected was coming. At one point, Dumbledore thought it would be safer for Harry to distance himself and it turned out to be wrong. He admitted his error and continued to do his best once again, continuing to guide and protect the students.
When you can't do something, find someone who's good at it and can. Dumbledore did not try to do things on his own as when Harry needed to be trained in occulmency and legimency. Could Dumbledore perform these acts? I believe he could (though I admit I cannot remember if he actually did in the books) Yet, when it was important for Harry to learn these skills, Dumbledore was not afraid to say there was someone better and called in Professor Severus Snape.
And this also reminds me that Dumbledore would not do things alone always. Sometimes, yes, he had to walk a solitary path but when that was not fully necessary, he found aid and support in friends -- Hagrid, McGonagall, Snape, and others. He found strength in friends.
Speak kind words but when truth is more important, speak it. It would have been easy to stand before the students of Hogwarts and praise Cedric Diggory and give in to the ministries wishes of hiding what really happened. But it was the harder way to speak the truth -- put out in the open what really happened, not aquiesce to the ministry.
What would Dumbledore Do?
Dumbledore would do whatever it took to find a way to what was the good, the greater good.
Sometimes, life throws things in our way that seem difficult, random, painful, or just unrelated to where we are. But there's a method to it all and a way to find the purpose and plan to it.
