Reading to Bring Back Your Enthusiasm

Reading to Bring Back Your Enthusiasm 

By Janpha Thadphoothon

Any avid reader would agree that reading is a strange experience. All sorts of things and experiences may happen to you. As a matter of fact, reading is an attack on your cognition - meddling in one's brain.

Reading is indeed a magical activity.

Reading is never a silent activity, not a void, certainly. It's more engaging and can be highly interactive. If you read works by established authors or thinkers, they sometimes challenge you to dig deeper into some issues. You will feel that they are talking to you and encourage your to talk back or respond to their ideas.

Has it ever occurred to you that reading something you have read before (re-reading) something can actually reactivity you long-lost curiosity or even your past enthusiasm. It is like having a conversation with someone you have not met for a long time and he or she reminds you of who you are or used to be.

This kind of experience or feeling is valuable for us as humans. What we need is not just the future or to move ahead, but reflections and re-examination of our lives.

When people say that reading brings them joy, I for one believe it. It allows us to expands our horizons and sphere of knowing and being.