When a person wants to escape from worries, “live” a different life, or simply “kill” time, he takes a book and begins to read. Forgetting everything in the world, he "goes" to parallel worlds, or becomes the hero who saved humanity. And with the help of books alone, a person can learn foreign languages or become a great scientist.
Books provide an opportunity to escape from your own thoughts
When there are some unresolved problems, or you just want to relax and get a charge of pleasant emotions, a person takes a book and begins to read.
The reader begins to “plunge” more and more into history if it is written talentedly and interestingly. It is as if he is really sailing in a huge submarine, with round portholes from floor to ceiling, and huge sperm whales frolic in the thickness of the water pierced by the sun's rays.
Reading a book, you can "merge" into one whole with the hero of the book, who unexpectedly discovered his paranormal abilities, and began to travel through uncharted worlds. Reading a book, one may doubt whether the world in which you live is so real.
Experience and self-development
You gain experience by reading books. And the more you look like the hero of a book, the more clearly his mistakes and achievements are remembered. In real life, you unwittingly begin to build your own behavior in such a way as to prevent those mistakes that he made.
A good book is like a kind and smart conversationalist. In the process of reading, you seem to communicate and consult. What do book characters do? Why? You begin to think what you yourself would do in the situations described. You are developing, trying to understand what could be done. The more the book involves in the process of thinking about different situations, the more it helps you realize the reasons for your own behavior.
Books provide knowledge. There are cases when people sentenced to many years in prison began to read constantly, and with the help of books alone they learned foreign languages, or became outstanding scientists.
Forgiveness of oneself
And a good book helps to forgive yourself. You see that the hero of the book is doing wrong. He also sometimes "stumbles", like you in life. But from the plot of the story, it is clear that the character whom you sympathize with is a very good person, he is sincerely trying to correct mistakes. And therefore, forgive him. And forgiving, “release” your own sins. At least you stop constantly blaming yourself for them. Become kinder and more humane, more compassionate towards others.
