I am now looking forward to going to the library on Tuesday to check out three books I want to read. I miss being up at the seminary more often to check out books there though the Salem Library is quite good. If they don’t have it- they can get it. I haven’t had to use that service often but it’s nice to know it’s there. There is just something about libraries I love. They are like an old friend you’re happy to see with open arms reaching out toward you. When I was a child, my mother would take my sisters and I on regular trips to the library, especially in the summer, as the library was air conditioned. We could check out as many books as we wanted and I always came out with a grocery bag full. I am not kidding. Next time we came, the grocery bag full of books would come too – each one read and enjoyed. Though I don’t check out grocery bags full of books anymore, though it’s tempting, for me, there is still nothing like holding a new book in my hand when I know it’s going to be a good read. Each one is a whole world I enter into, learn from, hear, see, taste, and touch. Each one expands who I am, lifts me higher and higher into the air, giving me an ever wider view of the world, myself, others, and God. My selection for this next visit is “The Giver”, “The Dark Night of the Soul” by Gerald May, and “Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading”. What fun!
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