Life is similar to a trip. We have many places to visit. We see different things in different places, and we meet different people in different period. However, we can find that nothing can last forever. A beautiful historic spot may be destroyed by some selfish tourist. Your friends perhaps become your enemies. Not to mention your lover. Ok, you may say, “How about human’s best friend-Dog.” Unfortunately, they have a short life span. Those people we love will leave me one day. But, fortunately, I found a best friend who is always stand by me: Reading. I will briefly introduce how reading becomes my best friend in my childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Reading brings a lot of happiness to my childhood. I was an introvert child.
For example, when I was in kindergarten, I studied in a super big class. If my memory is correct, there were almost 50 kids in a same classroom. All of the props in school were few and kid had to share. When teacher said that: Kids, let’s operate these props. All of the kids swarmed out, so I even couldn’t see the props. I was afraid to join them. I chose to be an outsider to look at them. There was similar situation in my house. I had two siblings. We share few toys. If there was a competition for toys, most of the time, I was a loser. But fortunately, my father was a books lover. There was a large bookcase in my home. My father often bought different kinds of new books. They were so beautiful and smelt good. I always remember the first time I saw the picture books in my home. The color was bright and graceful. I loved those books at my first sight. Unlike the toys, I could get at least one book to read. My siblings and I had a good time to read those new books. My mother sent my sister and brother to learn some interesting talent such as painting or English, but I only got a difficult abacus class. Sometimes, I felt alone, so I started to let myself immersed into the world in the different kinds of story books. The most impressive foreign literature works are “Little Nicholas” and “Mafalda”, these books are very funny and bring a lot of happiness to me.
My adolescence is a climax of my reading history. As a teenager, I started to face some problems in school and family. I felt stressful and helpless. Novel gave me an exit to the real world. Besides the famous novel of金庸. I also very like a female writer; her name is 亦舒. She didn’t wrote an exaggerate story. The tone in her story always light but give you a space to imagine. When I was a junior high school student, there were few TV programs on TV and no internet. I also read some literature works such as” Gone with the wind”, “Daddy with long legs” and” A lamp in the attic”, Those books actually made me see a different world.
When I became an adult, reading still by my side. My first formal job was a flight attendant. At that time, I had a fear of loneliness at first. Sometimes I got a jet-lag and stayed at hotel. Therefore, I brought some books when I flew to other countries. However, there are fewer and fewer time to read when I getting older and older. I like to buy books, but I don’t have much time to read them. As a result, they gradually become a decoration on the bookcase.
Reading is my best friend. Never give up or betray me. However, I leave it alone sometimes. But, I don’t worry about it. Because we will be best friend forever.
You regard reading as your best friend so you will want to know more about it. You won't exclude it from yourself even you want to get closer with it. I think it's a good way to let ourselves to be a good reader. Thanks for your sharing.
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