Reading

I mentioned a few days ago that I stopped reading books. Well, in between days I do read, but not like I used to. I used to spend whole days sitting in my armchair, reading. I don't do this anymore and hopefully I never will again.The other day I read an article about reading. About spending time among the pages of books, stories they tell. Whatever these stories are about. We have to find balance in things we do in our lives and this also holds true for reading. Too much of it leads to what I am going through right now, because we slowly forget that we have a life to live. Our life, not lives of other people. Though, reading is life, isn't it? Mostly we do it for fun and to relax. Or to escape everyday life...

Reading about Tao and Zen lately made me think that I really escape everyday life only when I am among the shelves in a library, browsing through the books there. Then I forget about the pain, if there is any. About anything that is not good in my life. Then I am truly myself.

So, I will try to find balance in reading, especially when Autumn is finally here and short days with it. I still have my life to live, that other, active life, sharing it with real people.

P.s.: The photo above was published in that article about reading. It was painted by Homer Winslow in 1872 and it is titled Sunlight and Shadow.