Sometimes there are people who come in to our lives who help us see things differently. Lately I seem to be stuck in chick lit mode and haven’t been reading anything that sparks a little magic.
But I've read some pretty good books that fall outside that genre. I looked at a list of some of those books and went oh MAN! I have been missing out!
One thing that sparked the challenge to read other things is written by Neil Gaimann: Instructions.
"Touch the wooden gate in the wall you never saw before. Say "please" before you open the latch, go through, walk down the path."
When you let that sink in, to me it says to pay attention to the little things. How often do we go about our business, so focused on the task at hand, that we miss things along the way?
Learning about different authors' works opens us up to more than just the ordinary everyday. American Gods. Anansi Boys. Kafka on the Shore. The Road. The Footprints of God. Pattern Recognition. Quite the list of titles and I may just begin re-reading these and more.
But its more fun when you share the reading with a friend! So big shout out to my friend (Thanks Prof!!) who introduced me to these books outside my comfort zone!!!
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