I had a fascination with the macabre. I read "horror stories" and true stories of people who had been abused, watched horror films and was fascinated by serial killers and sociopaths, and day-dreamed about being an orphan, stranded on a desert island or a survivor of the "apocalypse"...in whatever form it took. I lost myself in the world of books: fiction and nonfiction, horror, fantasy and romantic. Anything that took me away from my own reality.
I needed to know that the things that had happened in my life were not the worst things that could happen and found a strange reassurance in the horrors that others created. *And lest ye be deceiving yourself...most romance stories begin with something horrible happening to the heroine, from which she is then rescued....
As my life has progressed, I have often relied upon books to shore me up. Books on parenting, spirituality, disabilities, parenting children with disabilities, gifted children, healing, dieting, fitness...even books on running have been part of my reading list.
One of my friends posted her FB status as: "[W]e are changed by what we read. Close that book, and you are not the same person anymore. Because of what you just read, your worldview--your understanding, your compassion for others, your ability to engage intelligently with others--has expanded a little. Books help us grow…. --Pat Williams".
I am hardly in a position to disagree.
I needed to know that the things that had happened in my life were not the worst things that could happen and found a strange reassurance in the horrors that others created. *And lest ye be deceiving yourself...most romance stories begin with something horrible happening to the heroine, from which she is then rescued....
As my life has progressed, I have often relied upon books to shore me up. Books on parenting, spirituality, disabilities, parenting children with disabilities, gifted children, healing, dieting, fitness...even books on running have been part of my reading list.
One of my friends posted her FB status as: "[W]e are changed by what we read. Close that book, and you are not the same person anymore. Because of what you just read, your worldview--your understanding, your compassion for others, your ability to engage intelligently with others--has expanded a little. Books help us grow…. --Pat Williams".
I am hardly in a position to disagree.
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