Reading is the first love of my life and as the saying goes – “the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever, no matter how hard you try, that feeling never goes away”.
I fell in love with books and it changed me forever. If I were to pen down my thoughts how this love affair changed me – I would have to stir the maggot broth of my memories. Penning down a few here
- KNOWLEDGE & MEMORY ENHANCER – It enhanced my knowledge and vocabulary immensely. Words and phrases that I had never read, new meanings of words that I had been using and so on. Events that I had not known of, history was as read in school text books – all gave me new insights about the world that had existed before I came into existence
- SENSITISED ME TO OTHERS – It changed my perspective about people. It sensitized me to situations and people around me who may or may not affect my life directly.
- INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION – Reading gave me the much required intellectual stimulation, enhancing my self-esteem which proved to be a great morale booster. All because books made me more articulate and well spoken. Over time I became a good conversationalist never running out of topics with people whom I met.
- STRESS BUSTERS – Whenever I was faced with an unpleasant or stressful situation – I would turn to books, my best companions as they were my stress busters and mood enhancers. These companions would quietly understand me and give me company as eternal best friends.
- IMPROVED CONCENTRATION -They worked as “Brahmi” the wonder herb works – boosting my memory and improving concentration. I could barely focus and retain attention on a book for 5-7 pages. Here I was reading more that 100 pages attentively at a stretch.
- CREATIVITY BOOSTER – My writing skills improved tremendously along with activating my imagination and creativity. I would loathe writing essays in school and now I would itch to write whenever I could steal a few minutes from my schedule.
- ANALYTICAL THINKING – Reading gave me stronger analytical thinking – the brain started working overtime with its new found ability to analyze details. I feel it helped me evolve much faster too.
- INNER PEACE AND HAPPINESS – Soul satisfying, a better way of spending time, energy as also money gave me a sense of inner peace and happiness. Holding a book in my hand or admiring my collection of books gives me more happiness than any of my other worldly possessions.
- GREAT ENTERTAINERS – Books are great entertainers too – some of the best movies and series are based and inspired from books. Reading the books and then watching the characters being played out on screen is an immensely rewarding experience for me.
- SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT – Soul satisfying, a sense of accomplishment is what I can sum up my feelings with.
