neversleepbeforeten

Last Night, while I was watching a new episode of “Ugly Betty” this weird feeling/thought was going through me. I guess its because I’m entering a new chapter in my life, that it dawned on me, but i kept thinking of how much more i like books over TV shows, then i questioned why that was. I mean, I’ve always enjoyed TV but theres something about going back and re-reading a book, in the ever changing world we all live in, a book is in a weird way, a home away from home, not only does the story not change, the characters the remain the same, so opposite to reality; it brings back a part of who we used to be, a memory, it all seems foreign to me now, the person I used to be, three years ago, two, even one, a total stranger. I don’t think I was ever scared of change before, but I guess it was never brought on, it was always a choice. I talked to a friend about this, she then went to tell me about her own worries, about how she’s scared of losing things she loves by getting new ones. Seeing the situation from outside, it didn’t seem as complicated, but then, the same could be said about mines. I find myself missing the old times, the trouble/stress-free times, the security of having a routine that at the time, i “hated”. So what’s one to do? Change comes, even when it’s not welcome, but then, thats just it exactly. When younger, we “had” to go to school, even when we didn’t want to, we “had” to get over our shyness and speak in front of the class, we “had” to control our nerves on that first job interview, “all for what?” was the question then. Today that “all for what?” from a few years ago, from a few months ago, has an answer; “Because all of that, has made me who I am” not saying that I’m done learning, but like in school, life throws stuff at all of us, twists, dilemmas, problems, and thats the beauty of it, at the end of the day, they really weren’t twists, dilemmas or problems that were thrown at us, just experiences, it was life taking its natural course. Books like school, remind us of our progress, the way report cards we used to do, and just like school they took/take us to different places that were once foreign, exposed us to new experiences that I can now say, feel like a home away from home.
so here’s to New Books, with new chapters. Here’s to bigger libraries, try to fill them with more of your favorite books, and don’t be scared to read books without titles, sometimes those are the ones worth reading.

Recent reading-
“The Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli
“Wicked” by Gregory Maguire
“Someday this Pain will be useful to you” by Peter Cameron

Below is a clip of the “Ugly Betty” episode from last night, enjoy.

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