The process of reading develops a person’s ability to think and assess ideas and to come to rational conclusions concerning those ideas. Being able to comprehend what you are reading opens a myriad of new ideas to your mind. Reading can teach comparison and contrasting of ideas; the difference between fact and opinion; evaluation of ideas—whether they are true or false; new vocabulary; making inferences and perhaps being persuaded of new concepts that change your life.
Maya Angelou in her poem “I Love the Look of Words” captures it brilliantly:
I love the book and the look of words
The weight of ideas that popped into my mind.
I love the tracks
Of new thinking in my mind.
May I encourage you to exercise your thinking? Read a good book today!