Tuesday, August 08, 2006
what should we talk about today. Hmmm...well, I was just thinking how great it was for me to love reading. For those of you who know me, you'd probably know that reading is one of my most favorite pasttime, surpassing any others like writing and even watching tv or playing the computer.
Sadly though, the world is improving. People do not like reading, finding it to much of a chore. Instead, the choose to read summaries of books, pretending to know much information when they have none, or so I've read in an article. Personally I feel it's a tragedy, how can you only read summaries, where's the joy in reading like that?
The joy of reading comes from the process, not the end product. The reason why reading is so amazing for me is largely due to the fact that it creates an alternate universe. Reading is about feeling what the characters feel, seeing what they see, and just living the lives they lead in the book. When you realize all of that, you feel as though the whole story has come alive to you. It is no longer JUST another story, but instead, it becomes a second life that you lead. It becomes a distraction from our usually ordinary lives, adding flair and color into it. A beautiful picture painted just for the sole purpose of relieving us of our normally heavy burdens.
So why then is reading becoming a chore? Why are people more willing to waste their times on the tv, the computer, instead of exploring this amzing world of books? I really do not know. Will there ever be a day where reading ceases to exist? If so, please don't let me live to see it. For then, there would no longer be life in this pathetic time we spent on earth. Sigh, how I wish that people can just read and explore this world, give it a chance to show you its mysteries.
watnonsense napping @ 7:48 PM
