Reading fiction makes you a better
person.
You can measure it. The exact size of
the book, that's how much you're better.
Every single page has worth. Some
are more worthy than others, but none will leave you worse by the
end.
It's hard, though, to read fiction and
it's not encouraged.
Why read when you can
stream/watch/play/scroll/message/shit/die/leave...
But there's a book out there with your
name on it.
Every single person on the planet has a
book that will change their fuckin life and turn them into lifelong
readers.
Hardcore, seasoned readers can tell you
straight away what their book was, the one that started their
addiction.
Find that first hit and you'll ride a
wave for the rest of your life, learning and developing your empathy
to higher and higher levels you never coulda imagined.
Fiction helps you see the world through
someone else's eyes. You're given a world, most of the time it's
coherent with characters doing and saying rational things. Sometimes
you're just watching what's happening like a movie. Other times
you're in someone's head listening to their thoughts.
This means you can see what it's like
to be anyone. Every type of person you can think of has written a
book. There's no category not covered.
Even if that's not your intention or
purpose, you'll stumble across different ways of seeing the world
that make sense. It helps you see that your way of seeing the world
is only one way of seeing the world.
It drives up your empathy and at the
same time it develops your imagination.
People like you if you're empathetic
and imaginative. Not because you do anything douchey, but because you
treat them like a person.
They're hard skills to learn. Maybe
because they're hard to teach. They're no right angles. They're
abstract as fuck.
But that's what fiction's for. That's
exactly what it's designed to do, to strengthen your imagination and
your empathy.
Fiction makes you a better, kinder
person, plus it helps you get all the shit you want. Win win
muthafucka.
