Lost in a book

So i know i say this alot, but it really is true, I haven't posted in a loooooong time. And that will be the last time I will spell a word incorrectly on purpose, even if it is for the purposes of hyperbolising my point. I really haven't had much time or inspiration to write about anything. My life has been relatively dry of excitement in any field, and lately my inspiration for anything of a non- serious nature has been null and void. They say time if of the essence, and if that were the case, well i have none.

I may be rambling, but it does have a point. I have talked before about appreciating the simpler things in life and how they have the ability to transform your outlook on the world. One of these things is definitely a book.

First and foremost I must say that I love books. They are one of the major components of my life. When in doubt, read is definitely my motto. I like catching trains to faraway places so i can read for the entire journey. I love to curl up with a book on a rainy day, listening to the rain fall on my window. I love to listen to music softly as i read a book out in the sunlight.

For me, books are amazing. They have the ability to take you to a world you've never been before. They can make you believe things you never thought could be real. They can make you the hero of the story who always gets the girl. They have the ability to make you the misunderstood and psychologically damaged villain who has a heart- rending reason for his demeanour.

Books can make you cry at the beauty one person can have and at the same time has the ability to make you laugh out loud at the satirisation of the mundane in our everyday lives. We can hold in our embrace that beaten and abused child, who just begs for someone's hand to hold. Or we can be the girl that falls in love with her best friend and just can't make him see how much she cares. We could be the captain of a great voyage, or the queen of england who leads a great war. We can be the most fragile of characters and the strongest man of them all.

Books build a reality that is sometimes much better than your own and to me provide a relief to the thoughts i sometimes don't want to have. Everyone has issues and although better to confront them head on, human nature sometimes tells us to lay low. Books make a mockery of the trivialities of life and are a comfort to situations we may not see the end of.

Though many are predictable, it is in its predictability that we find relatability to the characters and we can truly feel how they do. What a book can bring to ones life is a far greater gift than the latest DVD or computer game. It is the greatest solid proof of the brilliance of humanity and is a testament to the imaginative capabilites of both the writer and the reader.

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers"
Charles W. Eliot

I can never seem to wait to get back to a good book. Can you?