Why I Read?

As the words going in Francis Bacon’s essay 'Of Study', ‘Reading make a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.’ Exactly, reading, writing and discussing are all essential parts in our study. ‘And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know, that he doth not.’ For writing, you may need a lot of time to continually write and edit; for discussing, you may need many different peers to patiently analyze and criticize; however, for reading, you only need a little spare time and yourself.

Calm your mind down; keep off all your world business for a while; find you a good book. Sitting into your comfortable chair in warm sunshine of Sunday afternoon, you can enjoy you reading pleasure peacefully as me. Although it sounds like an elder’s retirement life, you will really enjoy it when you try once. This is my reading pleasure.

The changing world makes us confused and lost; the changing world makes us sophisticated and polished; the changing world makes us trustless and careless. For many times, I wished I could go back to my childhood when I was more pure and free of worry. I would not be so anxious like now; I would not be so angry like now; I would not be so depressed like now. Nevertheless, I could not. Once when I feel bored and tired, I read. Reading makes me forget all the trouble and unhappy. Although I would find all the annoying things are still waiting for me there when I get back from books, I actually have a better and easy mood to deal with them and I also find this makes me more effective and comfortable. This is my reading panacea.

I like to read and I read a lot. I don’t care what to read; I only care how to read. I like all kinds of books: novel, story, history, essay, poem, autobiography, newspaper, magazine and even dissertation. As the words in 'Of Study', 'histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtitle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores’; every book makes me rich. I had once read a paper about cynology for the whole afternoon hours and also spent two weeks on a book of Stephen King. I trust in reading and admire reading. About reading, I only concern about the way I read. I hate throwing away after reading; I also hate flitting from book to book and rarely paying. I read; I read again; I read again and again. Meantime, I read; I stop; I think. This is my reading way.

Reading is my only time I enjoy with myself; reading is my only time I talk with myself; reading is my only time I dig with myself. I don’t want to share my precious reading time with the world business. It is my treasure I don’t want to lose. Recently, I found I read less for all kinds of excuses. I want to forgive me but I am shame on me and judging me deeply. It makes me uncomfortable. So I should recover my reading. Begin with what? Let me pick one......