My good friend, Linda Buroker, writes a blog for senior citizens who want to age successfully. However, her blog is loaded with good advice for all of us. This week, Linda is my guest blogger. Welcome her with open arms as I know you will enjoy her thoughts on the importance of reading. Check out Linda's Blog at: lmb.typepad.com/smart_senior
Winter is a great time to catch up on your reading. Doesn’t the thought of curling up in front of the fireplace with a cup of hot chocolate and good book make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?
I grew up at a time when a trip to the library was the highlight of the week. I would go home with a bag of candy and a half a dozen books and think I was in heaven. I read mysteries and westerns and horse stories and dog stories. I read about Vestal Virgins, Roman Soldiers, and Pharaohs. I read about wagon trains journeys, little houses on the prairie, pirates, and southern belles on huge plantations.
Reading used to be fun, and it can be again. You don’t have to read the classics or even books on the best seller list, unless you want to. Find a romance, a spy story, a cozy mystery or a memoir. Read for the sheer joy of it.
Hardback books, paperbacks, audios, and electronic versions are readily available for everyone. Embrace the idea that reading improves your ability to concentrate, reduces stress, and helps you recapture the fine art of thinking. What could be better than that?
Set aside an hour or even just a half hour. Fix yourself a drink and turn off your computer, your television and yes, your phone. No pressure, no tests, and no reading lists. Read whatever you want.
You’re not too busy. You can keep a book in your purse, on your bed stand, in the bathroom, in a desk drawer, and in your car. You can take a book anywhere and a book can take you anywhere. People who grew up before television, and before movies could be streamed into the living room, remember the art of reading; the rest of you have something special ahead for you.
I am glad that authors still want to write, and I am glad that people like you still want to read. It’s a human thing and it makes the world a better place.
I grew up at a time when a trip to the library was the highlight of the week. I would go home with a bag of candy and a half a dozen books and think I was in heaven. I read mysteries and westerns and horse stories and dog stories. I read about Vestal Virgins, Roman Soldiers, and Pharaohs. I read about wagon trains journeys, little houses on the prairie, pirates, and southern belles on huge plantations.
Reading used to be fun, and it can be again. You don’t have to read the classics or even books on the best seller list, unless you want to. Find a romance, a spy story, a cozy mystery or a memoir. Read for the sheer joy of it.
Hardback books, paperbacks, audios, and electronic versions are readily available for everyone. Embrace the idea that reading improves your ability to concentrate, reduces stress, and helps you recapture the fine art of thinking. What could be better than that?
Set aside an hour or even just a half hour. Fix yourself a drink and turn off your computer, your television and yes, your phone. No pressure, no tests, and no reading lists. Read whatever you want.
You’re not too busy. You can keep a book in your purse, on your bed stand, in the bathroom, in a desk drawer, and in your car. You can take a book anywhere and a book can take you anywhere. People who grew up before television, and before movies could be streamed into the living room, remember the art of reading; the rest of you have something special ahead for you.
I am glad that authors still want to write, and I am glad that people like you still want to read. It’s a human thing and it makes the world a better place.
 | Wishing you Success on Your Own Journey ~ Crystal |
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