Reading cured my mental exhaustion
We live in a fast-paced era, we feel a lot of pressure every day, and the impetuous mood always bothers us. Even if you want to take down the books that have been sealed on the shelves for a long time, you always want to read them next time, and the action of reading the books is always delayed.
Is it because the book doesn't attract me anymore or I don't want to read it so much, looking at the books on the shelves and thinking that there are so many words in the books, how can I have time to read them, and I will read them again when I have time, such thoughts have always been in my mind, which also leads to my ambivalence of wanting to read and giving up.
In fact, we will not read the book at once, but turn through the pages one by one, wander in the text, appreciate the wonderful words, taste the characters written by the author, the development of the story, and the wonderful parts of the book. But we are sometimes in too much of a hurry, and this can lead to us not being able to stand it. So what to do?
To read, you need to be determined to continue reading
I saw an excerpt from a text, which is Dickens's "David Copperfield", which is his favorite "child", which has the nature of "autobiography", and the protagonist David is an accomplished writer if he overcomes many difficulties.
* is an excerpt from chapter 11, when David was working as a child laborer, the story begins with a first-person narration, including the sentence "A very talented, observant, intelligent, enthusiastic, sensitive and clever child, suddenly physically and mentally injured, but no one came out to say a word for him......This sentence caught my attention, and I wanted to see what he had been through, and what kind of person had caused him to be physically and mentally injured.
At the age of ten, David became a child laborer in the Stone-Grimby goods store, where the conditions were filthy and "rotten on the floor and the stairs; In the basement, swarms of large gray rats scurried around, squeaking and squeaking; It's full of dirt and rancidness", how to grow up in such an environment, follow the author's footsteps, David does the heavy, monotonous, hard work in such a goods store—fiddling with empty bottles, labeling bottles full of wine, corking them, sealing them with fire paint, stamping them, and packing them into boxes. These made David's heart very painful, and his inner desire to become a learned and famous person was deeply humiliated by his current situation and status, and he felt that the things he loved were gradually leaving him, and silently shed tears of despair, and his hope of studying was shattered.
Later, a middle-aged man dressed in a "very stylish" fat dundun told David that Mr. Drew Stone had written to talk about David's accommodation, and was now more than willing to accept David as a tenant.
Upon arriving at his house, he found it as dilapidated as he was, with one of his wives and several children, the youngest of whom was still in his arms**. Although this family is poor, they are very optimistic and have an optimistic mindset, and this is the Micawber family.
David's income was small, his food was simple, he was frugal every day, and he lived a hard life with his family. There were always people coming to collect debts, and Micawber's difficulties added to David's mental anguish, and they sometimes made a small amount of money to buy food by selling silver cutlery.
Eventually, Mr. Micawber** died, and David moved to the prison to spend time with Micawber. During this time, David continued to do ordinary work, feeling unwilling in his heart, feeling that he should not be so down, unwilling to be such a person for the rest of his life, and unwilling to slide to a lower place in the trough of life. Wandering the streets every day at mealtime, imagining stories of children who share his experiences and misery.
Seeing this, I made up my mind to buy this feature**, which is divided into two parts.
David Copperfield's book pulled me into the world of words. When the book arrives home, I am very happy and can't wait to see how the story develops, turn to the excerpt I read, and want to continue reading you, but there are still many chapters ahead of me, so I have to start from the beginning.
When I first started reading, the excitement of reading the book was still very intense, and I read two or three chapters at once, which was very enjoyable, reading more than a dozen pages a day, and reading it was an hour or two, but I couldn't hold on to it after three minutes of heat, and I began to think about when I could finish it, and I began to feel anxious when I looked at such a thick **, and I felt pressured. The initial excitement of deciding to read a book is gone, what should I do?
To read, you have a goal
At this time, it occurred to me that reading is not just a blind reading, you can't gobble it up, then not only will you soon lose the desire to read, but you will not be able to taste the wonderful content of the book.
When you read, learn to think
When we finish reading a **, we can stop and think about what is said in the book, let the plot of the story brew in our minds, think about the meaning of the book, what is the author's intention in writing like this, sympathize with the protagonist's suffering, etc. After thinking about it in this way, we continue to read, although we don't have the excitement of starting to read, but we have begun to become calm, we have begun to set goals, and with goals, we have motivation. Think as you read.
Arrange your time for reading well
When we are busy with our own things, we can spare 15 minutes to read our favorite books, and if we have enough time, we can read for 30 minutes or 1 hour, it is best to read in a fixed period of time every day, and slowly develop a good habit of reading.
Just like when I read this novel**, I think about what help and inspiration I have in these contents for my life, I see David's growth experience in the book, learn from him if he overcomes hardships, learn from his spirit of pursuing excellence, and see what is worth learning from the protagonist, this is the meaning of reading, which can bring us inspiration, so that our hearts slowly become mature, follow the footsteps of the protagonist, and witness growth together.
Take the book as a companion, find a shadow with us in the book, and resonate with some plots. Reading and reading, we will find that this sentence is exactly what I think and can't express, and when I feel comforted in my heart, I will feel that someone has written out my inner thoughts.
Reading is also to find the hidden deep self, meet a better self, and let the soul grow.
I saw a famous review at the back of a book that said, "In life, everyone can't get rid of aging, illness and death, and only by reading the classics and talking to the great mind can we reach maturity and resist nothingness and loneliness."
Let's read together, walk into the world of words together, and find a better version of ourselves!