solace.

i've been angry lately. and i've been an introvert.

i've taken to my books.

reading just makes me feel good.

i read biographies to feel close to someone. i read love stories to feel good about other people. i read about nature to love my world. and i read about God to feel good about myself.

people who don't read books scare me.

because good books make me feel alive.

i also read the dictionary. i make a game of it.

think about how cool the dictionary really is.

words described by words.

i will read a definition. for instance:

solace.

1. alleviation of grief or anxiety.

2. a source of relief or consolation.

i read this definition and i wonder exactly was does alleviation mean? so. i flip to the definition and in that definition i find the word tending. now i already have an idea of what tending means. and i may already have my very own definition. but. i would like to know what mr. webster has to say about all this. so i turn to him and i find the word tending. where i will find yet another word. a word which i would like to know the definition of. and the game just continues on. and naturally. i mark every word i look up with a star. just to feel accomplished.

words are a wonderful thing.

i think.