Summary: Reading one book a week can greatly enrich your life and expand your mind. It fosters discipline, mindfulness, and a deeper understanding of the world around us. Inspired by a friend, the author now encourages his kids to embrace reading and hopes others will do the same.
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”— George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons (View Highlight)
Fewer people read these days, but reading is one of the few non-digital gifts we can still enjoy. (View Highlight)
Oprah Winfrey says, “What I love most about reading—it gives you the ability to reach higher ground. A world of possibilities awaits you. Keep turning the page. (View Highlight)
Reading has made me a better person and taught me to be more mindful and intentional about everything I do. (View Highlight)
When we sit alone with a good book, our mind wanders and wonders into different worlds we haven’t seen or heard of. (View Highlight)
Reading is also meditative. We automatically switch off the chattering mind and focus all our energies on reading the lines on the page before us. (View Highlight)
Completing a book is a great discipline as well. Finishing a book takes perseverance and commitment in our “ADD” world. It sends a message to our psyche and others that we are determined and can achieve what we intend to do. (View Highlight)