sometimes, the best thing one can do is to get lost in a good book. or two or three. you know. just let yourself slip into an adventure between the pages. fall in love with the characters. discover new things about yourself.
dream. explore. imagine.
i recently picked up this old junior classic about myths and legends from the consignment shop just a few miles from my house. the binding is worn from being read and reread and over again, which excites me, because it always make me curious as to who read the book before me. did they sit outside in the hot, summer heat, turning the pages with sticky fingers while the characters danced before them in grass worn by the sun? did they fumble through the chapters while hidden under bed sheets, trying to read by the moonlight because it was way past time for lights out, but they couldn't put the book down?
each scenario different. each a mystery. each makes me happy because they too are characters i have daydreamed about in my mind.
so, if you haven't done so in awhile, i strongly suggest you go and read a book. buy a new one you've been wanting to purchase. thrift one you've never even heard of. borrow one from a friend or from the library down town. let your heart wax and wane with each story. let your mind roam free with the words. fall in love with the phrases and let them break your heart. go. right now.
your adventure is waiting.
