Honestly, I do not consider myself as a reader yet. To me, I always want to
become a reader. I have tried to read books in the past two years. But until
now, it still takes me a lot of time to finish reading a whole book.
I think the reason why reading is so hard for me is because I used to read
a bunch of picture and illustrated books. One of my favorite illustrators is 幾米Jimmy. I started to read his books
when I was in junior high school or even earlier. Founding myself enjoying his
books made me also want to become an illustrator in the future. Most of the
time, I only read such kind of books that do not require thinking. Maybe that
is why my brain is easy to get tired when I am reading now.
But there was a person that changed me in some way. He was a classmate of
mine when I was a sophomore student. He was very different from me. He read
many books and had many thoughts in his mind. At that time, he suggested me to read a book called
"Love" by an Indian writer Osho. Osho was also considered as a mystic.
I would say this book had a very very huge impact on me. It totally changed the
way I had used to think of many things. It was a book of his opinion of love.
But what I learned from this book was more than love. I am not saying that this
is a good book because some of his thoughts are really controversial. But it is
definitely a book that will change your concept.
This book had really broadened my view. I felt
like a babe in the woods before. After that, I was very interested in reading books like meditation, yoga,
Buddhism, and philosophy. I did not read picture books anymore and started to
read something that made me think. I really enjoy exploring new worlds and learning new concepts from books.
Last week, professor was talking about how reading will change the way we
see. I totally agree with this because of my experience. I am still on the
journey of becoming a good reader. And I hope I can improve day by day.
It seems quite profound to read books about philosophy or Buddhism, I haven't tried that before! They look really interesting, maybe I will try it next time.
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