One way of Growing

I was chatting with a new-found friend. We just happened to talk about some few authors we have read and ideas we felt equally touched us. While discussing something was edging in my mind, something I have often ignored. The human being is the greatest book I have ever read. I have read many books, but none of them as inspiring are lived moments with another fellow human.

There are three things that happen in the journey. The actual encounter, memory and living. That is why I came to the idea that reading, just like meeting real and interesting people is something pleasurable. Remembering what we read or what happens in an encounter gives light. Living that experience, or prolonging it through time is triumph.

We have a lot from people and from books. But unfortunately we let these wither and die out with the passing hour's recall. If we could carry with us, just a little of what we read, or what another presence offers in an encounter... yes, even those seemingly futile tints of experience, I suppose we would be growing our humanity greatly.

Reading gives pleasure, remembering what we read offers light, acting on what comes to our minds triumph... I will never forget this.