How true is this phrase: a good book opens with interest and closes with satisfaction. The bookworms know it, reading is much more than a pleasure, because reading the transported with our thoughts and emotions to the most hidden places of the mind.
Reading makes us happy and free. In fact, as good languages affirm, reading the great writers makes you a better prepared person to make creative and rational decisions. Because there is no doubt that, as Cortázar said, "a book begins and ends long before and long after its first and last page."
"I would like to know," he told himself, "what really happens in a book when it's closed, certainly inside there are only letters printed on the paper, but with everything ... Something must be done, because when I open it, Suddenly a whole story appears, Inside there are people that I do not know yet, and all the adventures, feats and fights possible ...
And sometimes there are storms in the sea or we arrive in exotic countries or cities. All this is in the book in some way. To live it, you have to read it, of course. But it's inside already. I would like to know how. "
And suddenly he felt that the moment was almost solemn.
He got up, took the book, opened the first page and began to read "
-Michael Ende, the story without End-
Fusion with a good book makes us more satisfied with life
Judging by an investigation of the University of Rome III, in which more than 1100 participants were interviewed, it seems that the readers are much more satisfied with their lives and feel happier than non-readers.
According to Nuccio Ordine, "nourishing the spirit can be as important as feeding the body." This is reflected in several investigations that use functional magnetic resonance to examine the brains of readers before and after reading a book. The brain feeds on the stories we read and the lessons we learn.
This is not something new, but it is curious to observe how the connections multiply between the central groove of the brain, the primary sensorimotor region, the primary temporal cortex and other areas related to language.
In addition, as we read a good book, we can reduce stress and increase emotional intelligence, self - awareness, the cultivation of empathy and psychosocial development.
On the other hand, thanks to the fact that we can feel identified and learn to think differently, that they can even change our behaviors, understand others more easily and take lessons that can help resolve moral and emotional dilemmas.
A good book is the one that leaves marks
We can not say that all books deserve to be read all over the world, however, we can affirm that there are books that delight, that sustain and that carry between their layers a true intellectual luxury.