"Pagbasa: susi sa magandang kinabukasan"

           Reading has at all times and in all ages been a great source of knowledge. Today the ability to read is highly valued and very important for social and economic advancement. In today’s world with so much more to know and to learn and also the need for a conscious effort to conquer the divisive forces, the importance of reading has increased. In the olden days if reading was not cultivated or encouraged, there was a substitute for it in the religious sermon and in the oral tradition. In the nineteenth century, Victorian households used to get together for an hour or so in the evenings and listen to books being read aloud, But ,today we not only read, we also want to read more and more and catch up with the events taking place around us.

            The more you read, the more educated you become. With more education comes increased confidence. Increased confidence builds self-esteem. Reading about the diversity of life and revealing yourself to new ideas and more information helps to widen the creative side of the brain and filters innovation into your thinking process. When you are well read, people will look to you for answers which also builds self-confidence and self-worth. Reading about diversity of life and revealing yourself to new ideas and more information helps to widen the creative side of the brain as it promotes advancement into your thinking process.


            As a result of reading books over a period of time, a learning process is formed. There are a great many benefits to be gained from reading books. It is proven that in this technological society the demands for higher levels of literacy are creating unfavorable consequences for those who fall short. This is even more of reason to get into the habit of reading books, but with the cinema and television taking up a great deal of attention of children, teenagers and even adults, the habit of serious reading is dying out. We must never let it die out.

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