Or Portable Magic as Stephen King would say.
I have a stack of books that grows and shrinks, as if alive, but never goes away.
I have 2-3 books in circulation at all times. Some take take just days to finish, others weeks even months.
I like to learn something new every day, something that stirs my imagination or makes me have an “ah ha” moment or cry or just laugh.
Or as Anna Quindelen put it in, How Reading Changed My Life,
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.
I have my morning books, my books for personal and spiritual development. Ones that help me expand my world, my appreciation, my awe, that affirm or rock my belief systems, that make me grateful that I am in the here and now.
And I have my evening books which are often fiction but always for relaxation, entertainment, escape, that take me across the world, across time, that explore human nature.
And there is often the mid day readhing (books/journals/articles/studies) for personal and professional development in my field (and sometimes not) because there is always more to learn and better ways to communicate and share.
Is this a luxury or a necessity that I do this? In my book, it’s definitely the latter.
No Time? Not an excuse in my book. One less TV show is all you need, especially the news, because it’s usually always bad news. If there is something you really need to know, believe me, someone will tell you.
Reading is about taking flight in your imagination, observing, discovering, exploring your world both inside and out.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. Henry Ford
I think of reading as part of my anti-aging regimen and definitely as a component of keeping my mental body healthy.
What I’m reading this week:
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Ourageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead by Tosha Silver
In the Flow: Bridging The Science and Practice of Mindfulness by Deborah Norris, PhD.
Can you guess which is one is morning, noon and night?
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