People laugh at me sometimes and they tell me I read too much, but I dont think they realized how much reading saved my life. It sounds so cliche to say that I owe my life to something, but honestly, I would have killed myself a long time ago had I not started reading at an early age, and I can say this with absolute certainty. I would come home from school in fourth, fifth, sixth grade, wait until I went in my room to cry and think about how much I would rather just die than go back to school the next day. Id pray that we would move to a different state, or that something would happen and I would be able to stay home for the rest of my life, or that I would die. And then I would go to my bookcase and pull down a book. Thats why I would always take books to school. Because nobody would talk to me, and even if they would, I would feel like they didnt want to. When I got invited places, it was usually because someones mom would mention for them too. I would have rather been playing with all the other kids, but I felt like they didnt want me to. I even had a few teachers who would even tell me to put my books away when we had time left at the end of class. My go-to was usually a Harry Potter one. And Id think I cant die until I find out what happens in the next book. And then on and on and on until all the books were out, and then it would be I have to see all the movies. I cant die until I see all the movies. Eventually, the Harry Potter franchise came to somewhat of an end, and now whenever Im having a bad day, I can just pick up one of my books I havent read yet, or one Ive read a hundred times. And Im still here thanks to books. Not medication. Not professional therapy. Not friends, because Ive never have had many of those anyway. Im still alive today because I turned to fictional friends. Some may say thats unhealthy to become reliant on a thing that doesnt exist, but in my opinion, its better than being dead. I guess what Im really trying to do here is say that everybody has something you can turn to in times of trouble. Find your thing. It may not be literature. Its almost definitely not literature, since half the population are functioning illiterates. Please dont ever bash someone for enjoying something. You might think books are stupid, or a certain band is stupid. Hell, Im not a fan of sports or religion, but if thats what keeps you going, then fantastic. Just, yeah. I dunno. This is a long status.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 04:34:03 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015