R is for Reading Friends

You pick a random book off the shelf, and decide to start reading it. You skim the first few pages, but you don't really understand what the book is about. When you get to the good part, you don't understand what is happening because you weren't paying attention to what was leading up to it. You decide it is too confusing, and place it back on the shelf. The next day, your friend approaches you and starts a conversation. You're distracted by something more exciting that's going on. You pretend to listen, but you're really paying no attention to them. They tell you that they are moving away from the country! This time, you were listening. You start freaking out, and asking them all these questions that they already answered before. They start telling you that they had already answered the questions you were asking before, and then realize, you weren't listening, and that's why yo didn't understand what was going on. You two seperate and never talk to each other for the rest of the day.

If you really think about it, friends are much like books. One reason is that if you skim the beginning of the book, but pay attention to the good part, you won't understand what's going on, and it wasn't worth reading the book because you didn't understand why or how the event was happening. Sort of like friends. If you don't pay attention to the boring part when thay are talking about, then when you do start paying attention, you don't understand what they are talking about. With books or friends, pay attention to the boring parts so you'll understand what's going on later.

Another reason why books are like friends is because they are all different in some way. They could be really smart, like encyclopedias, or they could be good at spelling, like dictionaries, or they could be adventurous, like fantasy or adventure novels. Those are just some of the options, there are so many different books out there that you could relate to your friends. They could also be a mixture of books, like mystery and a dictionary. A lot of the times, people like reading, or even writing, books that are a lot like them. Even if they are the same type of book, they could be a whole different story.

In summary, books are like friends. You have to read the whole book, even the boring parts, to know exactly what they are about. And every friend is different. They may be similar, but no one is exactly the same.

LIFE LESSON: When reading books, or friends, you have to read the whole thing, or pay attention to everything, to know who they really are.

I commented on Kate's blog: Going Green