The Great Benefits Of Reading

Reading is a pleasure for a lot of people. And when you get immersed in the world of words, you also discover something else. And that is that you get progressively wiser. Your perceptions about things also expand, and the conversations you get involved become richer by your opinions.

Sometimes you can encounter people that don't have a degree or professional training in some academic capacity, but they have so much information and talk with heavy authority. They also manage an extensive vocabulary, and make conversations interesting and funny.

Their level of understanding and discernment is even higher than some scholars. And most of the time, behind it, there are minds that devour books every week. That's the wondrous gift books give you.

Now, depending on the category of books, let me share with you what you get and learn.

Fiction

Most people love fiction (Including me) because they have a story to tell. The narrative can keep you turning pages after pages to see how the protagonists end up. Either if it's a thriller or a romance story, you get dragged into that world. You become the first sight viewer or sometimes feel as a participant.

Fiction books show you certain values and principles. They are structured in a way that you can see the transformation of the main characters, which is a journey where he or she is constantly learning and improving.

Other important aspects are the difficulties and obstacles presented in the stories, which in most cases have close parallelism with real life. Some fiction books also open your mind about possibilities. How many fiction books were written centuries ago where they mentioned characters flying artifacts or building innovative gadgets. And right now it is a reality.

Nonfiction

This type of books is very broad. There are books that teach us about the hurdles and internal fights some people have gone through. And there are genre in this category that teach us important things that have applicability in our own life.

Sometimes we get inspired by reading a biography about a personality. We learn a lot about the person, know his strength and weaknesses. And often we find the courage and stimulus we're looking for.

When it comes to informational books, we self-educate ourselves with practical knowledge. There's a expression that says that the best investment is in ourselves, which means the type of education that makes us go forward.

Critical point of view

As you can see, books give you much more than just pleasure. And I can tell you when you encounter a person that reads a lot, there's a good chance that you're going have a pleasant moment chatting.

There are also important things to consider. When you read, you have to keep always a critical point of view, which means not accepting everything a book says as ultimate truth. Remember that those are the words of a person like you and me. And though the author can be well educated, it doesn't rule him out for making mistakes.

The intention is to approach books with an open mind but with a critical view, always analyzing all the meanings and ideas from the author.

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