A few years ago I read that if you read 12 books on one subject, you are considered an expert. With all the other media options we have to learn from, reading seems to be largely ignored. I hope to bring you a list of what I'm reading with my Wednesday posts each week.
The followoing quote is from Marmee and Louisa, by Eve LaPlante:
Her brother sent her bundles of books and suggested she read one article from the Rambler Journal each morning "until you can remember the train of thought and the leading ideas." Lest her zeal cause her excessive exertion, he advised caution. "Do not be alarmed by the number of Books which it is desirable you should read; nor be induced to read with too great rapidity....Haste in reading is a great waste of mind as well as time: of mind because it weakens the power of observation; of time because nothing is in fact accomplished." Finally, "Do not think that all knowledge is to be obtained from books, and that you are...only learning when sitting in your little chamber. Let your mind be constantly employed upon something...Indulge your curiosity."
Some other books I am reading this week are:Hinds Feet on High Places, by Hannah Hurrand
Folks, This Aint Normal, by Joel Salatin
The variety of ideas gives me many things to think about when doing the other things in my day.
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