Day 17: A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.
I really love to read... pretty much everything... it's an escape for me... and I just love learning new things... but I can't really say that theres been a book that changed my "views" on something... because I'm pretty stubborn, and I have strong beliefs, and it would take a lot more than just reading one book to change my mind about something.
But if you were to ask me what my favorite book was well thats easy... Observatory Mansions, by Edward Carey. And in a way I guess you could say it sort of changed my view of how I want to live my life...
The book is full of these lonely reclusive characters that all live in this old mansion thats been turned into an aparment complex. They are all bizarre and grotesque in their own ways... and they are just full of oddities, and it makes them want to hole up and not be apart of the "world".
They are full of regret and longing.... and then a new character moves in and shakes everything, and everyone up, and shows them that there is more to life.
At first they are resistant... because even though they are miserable... they are comfortable, because it is all that they know... and change is a scary thing... but eventually they come to realize that change can be a very good thing!
Reading this book help opened to my eyes that no matter what has gone wrong in my life, or what kind of problems I have, or things I may feel are undesirable about me... it's no reason to just shut down and stop living.
If you aren't happy with your life.... you need to change it... not just keep at it because its all you've known and you're afraid of the unknown... this is me... trying to let go of fear, remember? :)
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