Reading :)

    Reading to me has always been an escape. A time when I an enjoy a story about someone else and be included in someone's journey through their latest predicament. I smile when they smile and cry when they cry and rejoice when the end comes and they finally get everything figured out. To me reading isn't just an escape though, it has become a journey.
    Here is a movie quote that I found on Pinterest that I think you all might enjoy: "If you find girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours, but she will always come back to you. She'll talk as if the character in the book are real, because for a while, they always are. Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful like imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you're better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads."            -Robert Pattinson, in the movie Remember Me.
     That quote can be changed a little I think but what the main concept is that reading makes you believe that second chances do exist and that when the going gets tough the character always finds a way to get through it and move onto a better life. I am saying all of this from the perspective of being careful with what you read. You need to make sure that what you are putting into your mind is good and clean, as well as encouraging. If you are putting trash in, then trash will come out. But if you put good in then good will come out. Like for example, if you read lots of books about murder and hate then what will you be thinking about? Most likely murder and hate. BUT if you read things that encourage you to follow God and make good decisions then most likely good decisions and thoughts will be produced.
     So, read! And when you do.. reflect on it, let it be stories that you can look at and use in everyday situations and if you want an author that can do just that.. read books by Robin Jones Gunn. Comment if you would like to know my favorite books! Have a fabulous day and always... read :)       -Emily