5 Reasons Why Reading Can Make You A Better Person

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There are endless benefits that you can get with reading. May it be books (fiction, non-fiction, inspirational, self-help), blog articles, magazines, and the list goes on. Those who read are known to have more finely tuned brains than those who don't or those who just do passive activities. Let me share you the top five benefits that I got from reading:

1. Reading makes you smarter. Reading materials, especially books, can offer you a bunch of knowledge. You can even get more than you can get in school or a short course. Remember that a book is a compilation of years of research or studies or experiences. So, you can get all of those years of gathered information in a shorter period of time by just reading certain books.
2. Reading improves your verbal abilities and grammatical skills. In reading, I make it a point that I read books or blog articles in English (universal language) and not on my native tongue. Although reading doesn't necessarily mean to make you better in communication, it will surely help you widen the range of your vocabulary and even improve your writing skills.
3. Reading improves your imagination. Imagine the things that you can imagine without even reading? Can you see things wider than those who explore through books? I bet no. Books can offer you a lot of things about the world. Say places where you haven't been before or culture of other countries that hadn't been taught during your academic years. You tend to make images in your head when you read the description about those places or certain events. It is different from just watching it on the television screen.
4. Reading makes you enjoy the world. Reading improved my social-being. It made me more participative on volunteer works, social events, art exhibits, blog conferences and so many more activities that really exposed me to the things that this world can offer. Readers enjoy things and being involved with things that can really improve their socialization. With these kinds of participation, they learn more and earn friends.
5. Reading makes you interesting and attractive. Imagine in a conversation if you could share a lot and never run out of ideas, people would really want to talk to you because they learn from you. And in some ways, you could add more to the conversation. May it be about a story or novel that you've read and turned into a movie or a special skill you've learned from a book or even a study about something really interesting. You've got a lot to share and people won't get bored conversing with you.

Author: Clauie is an outgoing person who wish to travel the world and discover new things to write. She is a lover of all things beautiful and aspiring to share God's word to the world. Visit her blog at whimsicalthought.wordpress.com.