Books are just worlds waiting to be opened.
We live in a day and
age where we are constantly being distracted by the demands of life
and the tools it brings. An important tool that has made us neglect
some of the wonders that life can show us is technology.
Technology is
constantly consuming our society and we sometimes fail to remember
the simpler things in life. It has such a grasp on us that in our
free time we choose to spend that time watching television, playing
video games, or using any other technological device.
One of the most
underrated ways to release our minds from the stress of society is
reading. It is more than just simply reading a book because it can
make us become lost in another realm. The book can take us into
another dimension and make us forget the hustle and bustle of life.
We often think of reading as a dreadful task that we don’t realize
how relaxing it truly is. We sometimes forget to sit down, take a
breath and enjoy the beauty of reading.
Reading is one of
the greatest gifts that we have been given as humans. Reading to me
is a way to escape the world that we live in and enter a place that I
created. To enter a place that doesn’t exist and become completely
lost in the words that are displayed on the pages. It is interesting
because you will see the book completely differently than a friend
who read the same book. You are able to choose the worlds and places
that you want to visit, how the characters look, the places you go,
and the events that happen. You have complete and utter control and
that is something that we don’t normally have outside our realm of
reading. We are able to exercise our imagination and enjoy the
wonders that it has to offer.
Aside from reading
being a way for us to forget the worlds around us it also can help us
learn about different cultures, educates us on topics, look at
aspects from different points of views and improve our vocabulary. It
propels us to become more knowledgeable about a topic and for it to
become more relatable because we understand it. We think we have been
through it because we have “stepped” into the shoes of the
characters and all of the aspects that come with them. We may have a
character in one of our stories that we do not agree with the actions
that they display, but it helps us look at life from their point of
view. To understand why they chose to demonstrate the actions that
they did. It makes us understand situations and people that usually
aren’t understood. All anyone wants to be is understood and known
and by reading you make those people in those worlds come to life.