Wherever I go I’m drawn to the bookshops. This photo is of one of the oldest, and best known, bookshops in Nantes. “Coiffard”. Look at the sculpture they have above the front door….a reader holding an open book and a broken chain.
Maybe this is a reference to the fact that this is an independent bookseller, not a chain store! But, I think the meaning is deeper than that….it’s that reading can set you free.
My blog, you’ll know, is called “heroes not zombies”. It’s a call to wake up, to break the habit of sleepwalking through life, driven by habit, manipulated by others. It’s a call to awareness, to appreciate the wonder of the everyday and to become more conscious authors of our own life stories.
Reading has always seemed like a path to liberation for me. I love to learn. I love to discover. I love to have my thinking and my preconceptions challenged. In other words reading opens up a larger and a deeper world for me.
I also love to have my imagination fired up, to be thrilled, to be moved, to laugh and to feel more deeply. I love to enhance my powers of empathy so I can understand and connect with others more deeply.
Reading is one of my main paths. One of my main ways to experience today as a good day, a special day.
Heroes Not Zombies 
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