is very deep in all of us. We may recognize this, or we may not. We actually long to have something to turn to when the daily chores get to us making us feel jaded, or useless, or taken advantage of. We need to hit our books when our brain starts feeling stale, screaming out for something new to think about.
Reading and studying, not only what we are interested in, but also following the many and varied links what we are reading/studying turn up, is indispensable for our well-being, and very, very important in keeping our brains active. We may not remember all we read and study after we hit a certain age, but the very act of reading and studying is uplifting. Actually, these are stimulating activities and push us to explore areas and topics we didn't know about.
Take reading books - books are classified in so many ways. Try a different genre, or a different style of writing, or a theme we've never approached before, or other authors in the same genre... Maybe we won't be able to read a particular book after a while, even though we bravely hung on attempting to understand what the author was trying to say. Not a problem. What we have read stays somewhere in our mind, and we may be tempted to give the author another go after a while.
Studying something in-depth has an uplifting feeling. This is linked to our interests...going deep into it will open up new worlds, new areas of thinking... Maybe we are searching for something but we are not exactly sure what it is we are looking for. Studying an area that is linked to our quest will get us to what we are searching for, and on the way we would also learn a whole lot of new things as well!
Studying and reading help us to have informed views about things...taking us away from hearsay. They help us to not be prejudiced about people. They equip us with the tools of getting to the bottom of what we read or hear, helping us form our own opinions.
Merely listening to all the words flying about around us is not only tiring, but it can also lead us to wrong ways of thinking about people and issues. We need to be able to think for ourselves and find out what we think about people and issues. It is only reading and studying that will help us here.
Studying and reading essentially make us feel good about ourselves...