Food for thought

When the winter months come each year it is a good time for sitting by the fire and visiting or watching a good movie or picking up a good book and reading. Reading is such a wonderful medium for entertainment or for learning or keeping one abreast of what is happening in our world. For those of us who love to read it would seem like a very sad thing to consider what we would miss out on in our lives if we had not been taught to read, or to read poorly and not understand or comprehend. We know that there are many in the world who cannot read. Some have never learned to read because of circumstances beyond their control or because they did not develop that ability at a young age or any age. I’m thankful for parents and teachers who took the time to teach me reading fundamentals and comprehension. Reading for entertainment is one of my interests. You can learn things by reading for entertainment. We especially have the opportunity to learn by studying text books on a particular subject and also by studying the scriptures and other books relating to religion, science, history and human relations.
By reading for example we can come to know that there where what is referenced to as ‘the dark ages’. Where learning was suppressed. Aren’t we thankful that the ‘age of learning’ or ‘understanding’ came to be. I am thankful for those who took then and take the time now to put good things in print, for our learning and joy. We truly do live in the greatest age of mankind. Think of all that is available to us in writing. Books and magazines and publications as well as the internet. We need to be careful of what we take in. Someone once said ‘garbage in, garbage out’. There is multitude of good and wholesome things to read. Lets soak up some good stuff!
“And the eyes of their understanding were opened”