Excerpt

"...in life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. The builders might take years over their tasks, but one day, they finish what they're doing. Then they find they're hemmed in by their own walls. Life loses its meaning when the building stops.
Then there are those who plant. They endure storms and all the many vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requires the gardener's constant attention, it also allows life for the gardener to be a great adventure.
...in the history of each plant lies the growth of the whole World."
Paul Coelho, Brida

This is why i love books so much. "Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside of you" - Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It's about resonance, and provoking self-reflection while taking you away from the reality that you want to escape. Each reader can take what they want from the book and realize new things about themselves and grow. Literature is beautiful. When you don't focus so much and lose yourself in a truly great story, everything else becomes alright. I love it when reading engages your subconscious. It makes things more interesting.

~the bigger picture~