Letting Go – Day 19
30 Days of Letting Go Day 19
By Jenny Griffin
A Melting Pot of Letting Go: Books
A book is a marvelous thing, allowing us to travel to unknown worlds and previously unimagined dimensions. Each time we open the pages, we’re asked to let go of our reality and open up to a new perspective. It’s a magical journey through the mind and heart of the author and their creative genius. Whether fiction or non-fiction, the opportunity exists to open our minds to perspectives we’ve never explored.
Many of us are first exposed to books as children; books filled with adventures, mythical beasts, possibility, magic and travels. We visit worlds that are brought to life by the words and pictures on the page, and our dreams take us back there in our sleep. Words have the power to elicit memories, emotions and states of consciousness we may have locked away, and when crafted just so, are like a beautiful symphony. As we’ve seen with other works of art, books connect with something deep inside us, asking us to let go of what is, and follow them down the path to what could be.
Books are the doorway to the imagination, and what lies beyond. In the same way that an artist looks at a blank screen, a blank page can be the point of surrender to an author, the point at which they unleash the bonds on their creativity and let it flow. Even if we’ve read the synopsis on the back cover, the way we reach the final destination is always a delicious surprise. We have to let go and leap in, allowing the words to wash over us and guide us.
