The act of choosing what to read next - for me, at this point in my life - is an expression of self-awareness, self-acceptance and self-belief. When I pick a book, I am telling myself:
This is what you like, trust it OR
This is who you aspire to be, let it OR
This can be fun, too, you know.
In choosing this way, I breathe freely. There is no way to be wrong because allowing myself to like what I like, to feel what I feel and aspire to what I aspire is the ultimate freedom. Freedom to be ME is what guides me these days, in my reading life and elsewhere.
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