72/365

I love to write. Obviously, one doesn't just jump into a 365 day project without loving to write. I also love to read. I don't always have time or want to read all the time. Usually, I have to find something that really seems interesting, something that will really hold my attention. Now... I wonder this about other people: do you like for something you read to teach you a lesson?

You could argue that all books have lessons, like Greek myths. All Greek myths have lessons. The story of Icarus, for example, teaches one now to be overly ambitious. If you underestimate yourself, you will fail. If you overestimate, you will also fail. I love that myth, but that's beside the point.

Do you think that all stories teach a lesson? There isn't really a right or wrong answer. I suppose though that even if you don't necessarily learn something, you do gain a new viewpoint on a circumstance you have probably never experienced. I've read a lot of different books about different (sometimes ludicrous) things and they did not teach me a lesson, but taught me to appreciate my own life and perspective. Perhaps a story doesn't always teach you a lesson per say, but it teaches you something -- even if it was a minute something.

catch you later,

Karleigh

"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." // Christopher McCandless