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Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: They feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. Its like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You cant stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.

Reading spiritual texts can lower blood pressure and bring about an immense sense of calm, while reading self help books has been shown to help people suffering from certain mood disorders and mild mental illnesses.

Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end.

Reading is truly an all-in task for your brain. It is a real neural workout that stimulates parts of your brain responsible for vision, language, and associative learning. So, as youre reading this article right now, youre stimulating parts of the brain that have evolved for other functions such as vision, language, and associative learning connect in a specific neural circuit for reading, which is very challenging,