There are phrases and ideas and propositions that challenge you to rethink your ideals and resonate so deeply that they feel as though they've penetrated the covering of your soul. Over two years ago, I began to read blogs every day, so much so that to be grammatically correct, they became my everyday reading. I look forward to new thoughts, creative suggestions, visual inspiration, and most beautifully: the sharing of opinions that stimulate discussion, even if they happen to contrast with your own. And, in some cases -- most excitingly -- begin a discourse that reinvigorates the value of wisdom. It's in those moments that I feel most like myself. Then, when my mind is ticking over and I'm compelled to whip out a new blog tab or a Moleskine cahier so as to record those mental sparks, I know that I'm encountering a nourishing moment in my infinite pursuit of understanding everything. So, I'm grateful that I can seek some small form of enlightenment in my everyday, through the Internet, and all the ways beyond this electric cavern. Knowing and encouraging one's mind is a spectacular thing that we can undertake no matter who, what or where we are. Here's to being ourselves, and learning to love one another for it.
Ps, I'm adoring these three blogs:
In Spaces Between -- a dense and fascinating blog that encourages you to find magic everywhere.
Reading My Tea Leaves -- feels just like a cup of tea on a rainy day: a wondrous and never-ending indulgence.
Explore. Dream. Discover -- is like a postcard scrapbook of travel and living outside your comfort zone.
Are there any others you can recommend me? You know how I love reading!
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I'm going to try to stick to that from now on.
Excellent post, Aoife! When you stop learning, you stop growing, both professionally and personally. Even though my studies have finished, I'm trying to keep that thirst for knowledge going (although it's hard with our almost non-existent internet!). The 'thrift' stores over here have become my new favourite place- I love picking up interesting books on various subjects for $1 a piece! Also, we've been drinking a lot more coffee to take advantage of Starbucks' free wifi (i'm in one right now haha!)
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