How Books Solace, Empower and Transform Us

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January 19, 2019 a project of ServiceSpace Nearly every book has the same architecture -- cover, spine, pages -- but you open them onto worlds and gifts far beyond what paper and ink are, and on the inside they are every shape and power. - Rebecca Solnit - How Books Solace, Empower and Transform Us Since the invention of the printing press, books have fed the human animal's irrepressible hunger for truth and meaning. Books offer refuge and companionship during lonely childhoods. The following piece opens the pages of a wonderful collection of essays about why we read and how books transform us from some of the most inspiring humans in our world: artists, writers, scientists, philosophers, entrepreneurs, musicians, and adventurers whose character has been shaped by a life of reading. { read more } Be The Change Consider your most cherished book from an earlier time in your own life. Share a copy with a young person and include a personal note about how it transformed you. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News One Teacher's Brilliant response to Columbine 6 Habits of Hope The Axis & the Sycamore The Moment I Knew Gratitude is the Answer to Every Question Life is the Network Not the Self Last Lecture 7 Simple Ways to Cultivate Comfort Mark Nepo: Where To Now? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,236 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More