WHY WE READ

the joy of reading ... what does that mean ... I support the meaning most elevated because I think it is the most necessary as derived from the meaning of the word joy ... which I take at all points to be the most successful kind of prayer ... it's not just being happy it's being happy in all the right ways as long as it lasts ... there are physical and mental forms of happiness but joy is a function of the spirit and spirit is the highest part of the soul the most given the most immediate the most easily taken away ... the body and the mind they may not be in the best condition but on the whole they're more durable and reliable than the spirit ... you may be sixty you may be dying but the body ran a good course ... you may be twenty and know nothing and least of all about the spirit but you're learning ... these are the things with all their terrifying aberrations we rely on for their consistency and longevity as markers pointing to the spirit hidden in full for the sake of the pure ... that's why we read ... the active mind in the quiet body following the traces of the spirit where the language spoken is truth and the answer is joy