I was sitting on the couch, watching an episode of “The Big Bang Theory”. As usual, Sheldon knocks the door of Penny asking some interesting science question, about which she had no clue, leaving me with a laugh. Suddenly a thought crossed my mind. Can books give us strength and guidance? Can they help us in solving real life problems? Do they play an important role in our life? Again I was stuck with so many questions with no one to answer.
I was a bit confused on the solution i thought and took a lot of stress in searching for the correct answer, but unfortunately I could not reach to a valid conclusion. So I decided to go for a walk in a nearby park to relax my mind. It was around 6 in the evening. People from different age group were present there. It was a bit awkward for me because i rarely go to any park. So, I started walking and I met a very interesting person there. He was nearly twice my age, wearing a loose white t-shirt, paired with grey track pants. We both were walking at the same pace. Hence after walking for 5 minute in utmost silence, I heard a voice reaching my right ear. I looked at him and we started chatting. We started with a casual conversation and then i thought of asking him about my uncertainty on role of books.
After carefully listening to my questions, he was little bit amazed and with a sweet smile on his face, he replied “Books of self-help and spiritual genre can give us the delight and strength to handle problems in life, and further helps us in finding the correct solution to our problems”
Now, I was excited to know how he will further support his theory. I was ready for the counter-argument with all my weapons of thought loaded in my mind but the way he explained it was beautiful. It mesmerized me. He added that books fuel him to function to his full potential especially inspirational books. He recommended me to spend one hour every morning on self-development.
After two miles of walking, thanks to the technology for notifying me, we were still discussing the root topic. So we increased our pace and with it the talk skyrocketed to a whole new level. After 5 minutes, things started bouncing over my head. It was way too difficult for a twenty years old guy to handle such a great talk and understand each and everything out of it.
After coming home, I got all my answers and realized the importance of books in my life. I started reading daily and now i go to the park every weekend and try to have at least one conversation with an interesting person. Whenever i get an opportunity, I put some questions to a person who is more experienced, accomplished in some way, and try to learn something from them.
Few days back, I faced a problem. Then i remembered the trick the person told me whom i met in the park. He told me that whenever we are worried, we should ask ourselves two simple questions: What am i worried about? What can i do about it? Once we have defined the problem, we can easily find the path of solving it.
