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::READ IT::

St. Augustine once said,

"the world is the book

and those who do not travel, read only a page."

The world is a book?

Such a profound analogy.

They say that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

That if you truly want to know and understand the book

Then you have to read through its pages

one by one, until the end.

Imagine the world is the book..

and we are treating the world as if it is a book.

What if we are judging the world by it's cover?

or after reading a page of it.

Would that be a fair picture of the world?

Would that be a fair judgement?

It would not.

So we have to get out of our page and explore other pages.

We have to get out of our chapter and explore other chapters.

Read every single page of the book.

The way the author intended it.

And author doesn't want us to just read a page 

And just leave out the rest.

A good book has a purpose, a message,

and the way to discover that is by reading the whole thing.

Read and understand every letter,

every word, every line,

and including between the lines.

Upon reading we might discover things 

that are different than what we are accustomed to.

Different doesn't necessarily mean bad.

Different doesn't necessarily mean wrong.

Different could represent another side of good and right.

We might discover other beautiful ways of living,

that are in no way less beautiful and meaningful than our ways.

Of course we can disagree with differences.

But that doesn't mean that we can't live with those differences.

Living togehter despite of our differences,

requires us to be open.

And to experience life through the eyes of the other.

to experience life through empathy.

to feel what the other is feeling.

to see the other not as the other

but rather apart of ourselves.

Fear of the unknown is real.

And the fear can lead to us treating the unknown as a threat. 

The lesser you travel the lesser you know.

It is like being afraid of the dark,

but once we switch on the light,

we see that there is nothing to be afraid of in the first place.

The world is dark for those who don't travel.

There are so many unknowns all around.

If we want to remove the unknowns then we have to explore.

We can't claim that we know and understand the world if we only explore one place.

One small place. Our place.

If we only read one page then we can't claim to know the whole book.

Even if we have read that page over and over again.

We may have mastered the page but we have not even scratched the surface of the book.

Plus it would be boring after some time to repeat the same page over and over again.

We might think that there is nothing else out there.

But if we don't read other pages how would we know?

So flip the pages!

Get out! Explore!

Experience new places.

Meet new people.

Discover new cultures.

See new perspectives.

And dive into what makes the world beautiful.

And the beauty of the world is in it's diversity.

After all, all the different pages are all parts of one cohesive book.

Every part of the book is essential.

If you take one out, the narrative breaks

and you leave a hole in the plot.

You wouldn't be able to see the big picture

and leaves you with a narrow view of the world.

This book, if we were to read it page by page has so many beautiful stories in it.

The stories are written by the author for us to read,

digest and benefit from.

So read everything!

Travel everywhere your feet can take you.

It is truly an interesting read.

You can't get enough of it.

This book, this world, is indeed a page turner.

So read!

Read in the name of the author who authored it all.

Read! 

You will not regret it.