For me, reading has had a stigma of sorts. I used to dread reading in school because what I was required to read was usually not what I would choose to read on my own. In college I had more free time on my hands. Though I had reading for class to do, I could afford to browse the library shelves in search of books that interested me. Summer reading was my worst enemy all the way through middle school and high school, but in college summers were longer and no book reports were do when classes started up again in the fall, so I found myself picking up more books that interested me.
Now, as a recent college graduate, I am extremely happy not to have homework looming over my head or textbooks threatening to beat me to oblivion if I refuse to read them. Instead, I have this enormous freedom to learn what I want when I want to learn it! How incredible. I read two books over the summer, both non-fiction, and spent a few weeks trying to decide what my next read would be. I can be picky when it comes to books because I want the book I read to inspire, intrigue, challenge, teach, and relax me...all at the same time! I was fortunate enough to be given a a few interesting recommendations from friends and finally settled on The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. I was excited to read the book from the moment my friend Lauren told me about it and have loved every page of it since. I am in the process of finishing the book and am hoping to finish reading it tonight or tomorrow.
Why am I telling you all this? Because finishing this book is something that I want to do and if it's something that I want to do, then there must be a reason why reading it is something that I want to do. I am hoping that by reading it I will learn more about what it is that made me choose to read this book in the first place, and hopefully come one step closer towards my life's passion.
