Why Readers, Scientifically, Are The Best People To Fall In Love With

Reading is romantic

I recently read an article about why readers, scientifically speaking, are the best people to fall in love with. I agree! I married a woman who loves to read, and loves to learn! She read all the right books while growing up! (Incidentally, she took Wes Callihan’s Great Books courses online in high school).

The article points to several benefits that reading will bring a reader. It enables them to speak to someone in a meaningful way. It allows a person to understand other people; it teaches the art of empathy. And it gives wisdom that years of actual experience could never give.

Because reading is something that molds you and adds to your character. Each triumph, lesson and pivotal moment of the protagonist becomes your own.
Every ache, pain and harsh truth becomes yours to bear. You’ve traveled with authors and experienced the pain, sorrow and anguish they suffered while writing through it. You’ve lived a thousand lives and come back to learn from each of them.

This is very similar to what Wes Callihan says when he encouraged the reading of imaginative literature, which he called “bootcamp for life.”

Stories are Bootcamp for Life

So read often, read good books, and read varied books!

If you want to be guided through the reading of the greatest books, check out Old Western Culture!

by Daniel Foucachon on Posted on

Comments

  1. Manolita says:

    Hello there

    I was wondering if the image of the couple reading by the fire is free of copyright. I would just lóve to use it as profile picture for a group about Introvert dating on Facebook that I am planning to start. It’s just perfect!!!
    Thank you VERY MUCH for your reply!

    1. Manolita,
      I would have to check on that since this post was from a while ago.
      I’ll try to get back to you soon!
      -Daniel

    2. Emma Holliday says:

      Did you start your group and is it still going?

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