The virtue in reading

Back in my school days the subjects of History and Literature were one of the most hated subjects, it was so hated that they dread about attending the lessons (omg, like a prison!). 

Look familar? Oh yes, that was our old school History textbook. One of my classmates' most 'Hated' subjects. LOL.

Throughout our life, we are bound to meet people who says that they hate ‘reading’. The reasons are varied, some says it is boring, useless things or simply no time for it. Perhaps unconsciously, those ‘haters’ did not realize that they are just not reading the stuffs they want. Throw them a book how to ‘How to strike Singapore Toto Lottery’, you will get some of the most unlikely group of people reading through the pages without falling asleep. LOL.

 While my classmates threw their old History textbooks into the dustbins, i ended up reading even more and felt not ENOUGH! I need more information! OMG!

So, what is virtue in reading? Well, it can be summarized in one thing ‘information’. There would be times when people will want to read to find the information they want, be it through the internet, newspaper, magazine etc. Whether a person likes reading or not, they still would want to read the stuffs they are interested to know. And we will never know, when the time comes for a revelation, it can change our life. 

What may have happen if i have read this type of book instead when i was younger. Hmm, life could have been much more different.

My life was changed when I was first introduced to that famous book ‘Rich Dad and Poor Dad’. I had spent 10 years searching for an answer but found nothing from others, turns out that the answers I was looking for were in that book. What if I had read it 5 or 6 years earlier? Would my life have been much more different? Well, that is pretty hard to say. Still. Better late than never isn’t it.

So, no need to be ‘Pai Sei’ (embarrassed) to pick up a book just for a few read or ‘Pang Tang’ (Superstitions) about touching a book (In Chinese pronunciation ‘书 ‘it sounds almost similar as ‘输’ ‘lose’, a bad thing for gambler). After all, I did pick up and read a book that changed my life. Who knows, you might be the next one.