If people were to ask me what am I good at, most probably I am going to tell them, "I am good at reading books"*giggling. I know it's not much of a specialty . Everybody can read books and I am sure there are millons out there who love books and read more than I can ever accomplish in my lifetime. But since there isn't much about myself to be considered special, I am simply going to say what I think about myself.
All of my brothers, five of them share almost the same hobby. They love cars and coincidentally are sort of good at it (psstt..I don't understand man obsession for cars). The only exclusion is my fourth brother who loves IT whereas I on the other hand love reading book.
It is my first love if I have to put it that way. I know it that much because one of my earliest and vivid memories included a heartbreaking moment when my mother promised to take me to the library when I was around 5 or 6 year old. Sadly it didn't happen. I cried buckets of tears and vengefully determined to make up for the lost time by reading voraciously in my adulthood. *LOL. Well, I guess anyone who was starved of something will definitely develop an insatiable appetite for the things they have been deprived of. Right?
I think I have talked about books alot. Twice? Thrice. . .? *wink. But hey, I can't stop confessing my love to you. It's hard to hide an obsession. I AM SORRY!
By the way, thinking of what I have just mentioned. What good does it do to love reading books?
I had an experience when the knowledge from a book saved my day. I am not a born leader but there are times I have to step up the plate and be the problem solver of many conflicts between co-workers. It's a role I have to shoulder being the the Head Unit. There was one time I had to settle a very heated argument between two ladies that forced me to think hard in order to save the day. Both were priced staff in their own respective fields. In that kind of situation I can be clueless if not for the availability of wisdom I had been able to recollect and withdraw from much reading.
Secondly my husband isn't much of a talker. In order to draw him out I have to continuously search for an interesting topic that we can discuss about . If you have been married for sometime you will understand what I mean by not having anything to talk about.
Thirdly, if you work long enough at the same place with the same people, sooner or later you will run out of topic to talk about and you are going to start gossiping like bored people always do. So I find it helpful to have some readings from books to share with people as a way to distract myself from gossiping.
Fourthly, it keeps me occupied in a good way. If you spend much of your time on your own, reading book is probably one of the best ways to know that the world is revolving round and round and however much you know now, there are still more that you don't know about.
In short, books Keep me SANE. It helps me to deal with people wisely and it keeps my marriage WORKING. If not for books I wonder what would be the world I live in inside this head of mine?
As a conclusion I think being good at reading is a great blessing despite it being very common. So common indeed that I can always relate to you and vice versa. Right?
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