” You can’t buy happiness buy you can buy books and that’s kind of same thing” – Anonymous
In our daily stressful and monotonous life everyone wants to just relax at the end of the day and what could be a better way to relax than cuddling in your bed with your favorite book by your side. While reading a book our mind is free to wander and the adventurous journey starts from their within. Besides, books open our minds, they open windows to different views and lives, and at the same time books give us the feeling of peace, they inspire us. We all get into moments when we feel our life is grey and boring. And in those moments books being a true friend come to.our rescue.They take us to another world, they make us discover new things.
Besides being a gateway to the magical world land, there are some major benefits of reading books which are highlighted below.
- Mental stimulation- Books help tremendously in the mental stimulation of brain by keeping it busy and active.Even just sitting somewhere and reading is the same and exercise for your mind. There is nothing more helpful for the soul than a good book to help bring out your creative side.
- Strong vocabulary- Reading books make sure that you can catch up with the latest vocabulary on different topics.The more words you know, the better. Reading is an easy way to help the language skills and is important to develop language fluency.
- Better memory-Whenever you read book it becomes necessary to remember a range of characters, their ambitions, history, nuances, and backgrounds along with sub-plots. This is a lot, if you come to think of it, but the brain has amazing powers when it comes to remembering even vast amounts of information. Every new memory creates new synapses and strengthens the existing ones, improving short-term memory.
- Stress buster – if you are worried or stressed, then to calm yourself down just take out a book that caters to your interest and sit in the shade to read it, soon you will notice that all your stress gets away in a minute. Reading books is a meditation for your soul.
- Major source of entertainment- Novels, short stories, poems, travelogues, and even comics entertain our minds. It helps us relax. Our imagination is ignited when we read. We become co-creators of stories as we animate the stories we read in our minds. It is definitely a healthy exercise to the mind.
These are some of the benefits of reading books. Overall books help in the mental growth as well as in the well being of the person by inspiring everyone with a great depth of knowledge. Indeed, when you open a new book you open a new world.Nothing can add to our intellect more than reading a book. Go grab some coffee and your favorite book to make sure that you get all the benefits from reading.