There are going to be many reoccurring lessons at Traveling Minds.  But this might be the most.  READ!

It is incredible.  In a world full of unlimited knowledge, only 3% of humans have a library card.  We have access to years and years of knowledge. Yet,

we don’t even take advantage of it!   On the internet, we have a link of culture, civilization, and knowledge.  Yet, Yahoo, Facebook, and gossip columns take up many peoples daily habits.  What we feed our mind we become.  It is important to step back and realize what you feed your brain with.  Is it gossip?  Facebook status’s and popularity attempts?  Trashy TV? Becoming aware of what you feed your mind can help you steer your life in a direction very few of us know exists.  Reading can help you.  Read books that interest you, read books about your passion…. don’t know your passion, read books on how to find your passion.  There are unlimited sources of knowledge to help us grow in positive directions.  Reading and acquiring knowledge is the first step in becoming fulfilled.  How can you ever become bored with a wealth of knowledge available for your entire life?

“To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.”