For you, do you love books?, who immerses himself in it as if diving into the sea, with the familiarity of reaching a place you already know and, at the same time, with the feeling of adventure and the mystery of not knowing what it will be. will happen next.
For you who know the pleasure of taking refuge in a good book in rainy afternoons, that settles on the couch and feels spending the hours, who do not understand that there are people who get bored, with so many stories to discover, so many lives to dream?
- For you.
- Who have lived thousands of lives.
- Who have known hundreds of worlds and who have traveled back in time.
- Who have already moved.
- Laughed and cried through the written word.
- Who knows human nature because it put itself in the place of an infinite number of characters.
“Some people cannot imagine a world without birds; there are those who cannot imagine a world without water; as far as I’m concerned, I can’t imagine a world without books. “
? Jorge Luis Borges?
I’m sure you remember the books they marked a before and after in your life, the first stories that marveled at you in childhood, the adolescence readings that marked your personality, the ones you read as an adult and helped you get through a bad time.
Chances are you have your favorite time to read: it can be night, in bed, before bedtime, or you may prefer to enjoy the time you spend on public transport, or read in the afternoon, at some point. peace saved from daily obligations. Or that you’ll leave it for the weekend as a reward.
You know reading can be an escape: you forget your problems and the little dramas of every day to get into a new world. It’s a magical moment when negative thoughts don’t break, a time free of stress and worry.
However, reading is more than an escape. Because it can be used to distance, learn, think creatively or strengthen emotionally, reading can the way to solve problems, or at least to better cope with them.
Readers have always known these benefits, but recently science has given them the reason: did you know that reading reduces the risk of dementia?Reading, especially fictional tales, appears to improve cognitive reserve and help achieve old age in better conditions.
In addition, various research has shown that reading increases emotional intelligence and empathy, that wonderful human ability to put yourself in each other’s place and understand it. The philosopher Schopenhauer had already warned him by stating that “reading is thinking with someone else’s brain rather than doing it as his. “Cognitive psychology and neuropsychology confirmed his thinking.
These are the most important conclusions, but if we continue to research on the subject, we will find more research that talks about improving concentration, memory, the ability to link concepts and many other benefits.
All of this shows that reading is never a waste of time: you always earn a lot more than you lose.
But make no mistake: you don’t need to know these benefits or list them to find out what’s the best thing about reading. Reading is an unparalleled experience, a wonderful addiction with no negative effects and absolute pleasure.
For you who recognize your reading addiction and read this article with a smile heard, because you know what I’m talking about. For you, like Borges, you can’t imagine a world without books. This article is for you, that you love, books.