How BOOKS saved my life?

The title is misleading itself. It should be ‘how reading books save my life?’. Anyway, you get the point.

I was depressed. So depressed I fainted thrice in a week. wished I had never woken up. I thought I was done with this life. There was nothing for me. Whatever I tried was a total futile. I got rejected for several job interviews. I failed my start-ups. I failed relationship ( no one knows about this ). Not to mention, I failed my family. Then I got into reading books.

Was I suicidal? I still don’t know. I think I wasn’t. If I was, I would’ve ended my life long time ago. I was weak but I wasn’t going to kill myself. That makes me stronger I guess.

If you are depressed now, trust me I know what you are going through. I know those feelings. Let me give you the good news. You can beat the depression. It’s nothing but disease you've created in your mind. You can cure this disease. It could be daunting at first but you can. Don’t lose hope.

Now back to books.

I never thought I would read books to keep me floating. I remember when I read the first book ( The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ), it took me whole 2 months to finish it. I was 16 at that time. I was never into reading habits in the first place. For me it was boring.

I was wrong. Whenever I read books, it is the best feelings I can ever imagine. I read both fiction and non-fiction. Both Genres gives me different pleasures. For instance, when I read fiction I enter into the main protagonist character and be the character. I don’t know how many of you do this. However, when I read non-fiction, I have my black notebook with me. I jot down the main ideas of the books on the black notebook. And when I feel like applying the ideas into action provided by books, I do it.

Books are my friend. I rather buy books than clothes.

Oh, and Did I mention I am still jobless? Who cares? I read books.

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