Where will your book take you?

A Room Without Books is Like a Body Without a Soul. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

The poet Robert Southey has beautifully called books his never failing friends with whom he converses everyday. Books enlighten, give knowledge, entertain and inform us. Whether we read books printed on paper or telebooks, their importance cannot be denied. They fill our minds and hearts with hope and joy. Writers like Tagore have put forward to us their life on a platter to understand their goals and teachings. When we read books, we are in the company of the best and the noblest minds of all ages. They enrich our minds. Books are a storehouse of knowledge. Books often provide a person with the ability to judge between right and wrong and the courage to follow the righteous path. Books indeed provide a pleasurable company and prove to be a trustworthy and lifelong companion.

Benefits of Reading

Stimulation Studies have shown that staying mentally stimulated can slow the progress of (or possibly even prevent) Alzheimer’s and Dementia, since keeping your brain active and engaged prevents it from losing power.
Just like any other muscle in the body, the brain requires exercise to keep it strong and healthy, so the phrase “use it or lose it” is particularly apt when it comes to your mind. Doing puzzles and playing games such as chess have also been found to be helpful with cognitive stimulation.
Stress Reduction No matter how much stress you have at work, in your personal relationships, or countless other issues faced in daily life, it all just slips away when you lose yourself in a great story. A well-written novel can transport you to other realms, while an engaging article will distract you and keep you in the present moment, letting tensions drain away and allowing you to relax.
Memory Improvement When you read a book, you have to remember an assortment of characters, their backgrounds, ambitions, history, and nuances, as well as the various arcs and sub-plots that weave their way through every story. That’s a fair bit to remember, but brains are marvellous things and can remember these things with relative ease.
Amazingly enough, every new memory you create forges new synapses (brain pathways) and strengthens existing ones, which assists in short-term memory recall as well as stabilizing moods.

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