How Book Talk Makes the World A Better Place
Improve your life by reading and discussing
Be prepared to have your mind boggled.
The earth has a population of more than 7.5 BILLION people.
In all of those billions of human beings, no two people are alike. Each individual is unique. Every individual on the face of the earth differs from each other in emotional, physical, and mental make-up. Every single one of us is different.
That means that there are 7.5 BILLION people who might not ever understand each other.
Unless they read books.
David Baldacci is a writer of forty novels, all of which are national or international best-sellers. He’s a man whose work has been translated into 45 languages, whose books appear in 80 countries, and who’s sold 150 million copies of his books. Baldacci understands the power of books and their ability to bring people together and suggests that the world would be a better place if everyone read:
“Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”
My sentiments exactly. Reading books and then talking about them is a simple, low-cost strategy that can teach us about ourselves, enhance our social interaction, increase empathy, and develop…
