Yep, I said it. *GASP!* Here I am, Queen of Commas, Princess
of Punctuation, Duchess of Diagramming (okay…so I was reaching for that last
one), and I am telling you to not let your life be lived out in books.
Now wait, hear me out on this one. The same thing goes for
video games, movies, and television. We all have those friends who spend most
of their times in front of a screen or behind a book. Don’t get me wrong, I
find all of the aforementioned means of entertainment to be delightful (yes,
even the video games); however, most recently I’ve come in contact with a lot
of people who get pretty much all of their life experience from entertainment,
whether it’s books or something else. The “readers” for example, are some of
the coolest people I know, and I have much in common with them because we all
have read so much. Yet, I’m finding more and more people who have never really
stepped out past the books to actually do any of the things that they like to
read about.
Now, I’m not saying that instead of reading about an affair
that you should go out an actually have one.
Yeahhh….NO.
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| The entrance to "my" secret garden |
Find a secret garden, rather than only reading about one.
They exist. I found one once. Go to those hipster cafes and sip exotic lattes.
Venture out into the woods and get lost. Drive until you don’t know where you
are anymore. Who knows where you might end up.
Just, don’t let all of your adventures be confined to books.
Books are for inspiring life, as a map of what life could be, what it has been
for other people. Books should be a launching pad for your own adventures, not
a replacement.
And then later, maybe you’ll have some stories of your own
to write down. As for me, well, I’m on the look-out for my next adventure.
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