There small gift became the inspiration that I needed to make literature an important piece of my life again. I was inspired to fall in love with stories all over again. Quite honestly, I have no idea how I learned to survive and to write stories of my own without being intentional about reading other peoples' stories. You know that familiar saying that "readers make the best writers?" Well, I have learned that it is quite true. Nothing inspires me to write a new story or to take time to edit an old story like reading a good book.

So my advice for you is to pick up a piece of good literature if it has been a while. It doesn't matter whether you are an author or what kind of profession you have, it is simply about doing all you can to enjoy the small things in life. If literature is one of the small or not so small things in life for you, then don't go another day without letting good literature be a part of your daily routine. Get to your local library or to a bookstore and pick up a couple of great stories that you've been wanting to read.

There is good literature out there from ages past and from current authors, so choose whatever you like. Just be sure that you are getting your reading in each week. Reading is to your mind like exercising is to the rest of your body. I really believe that literature is therapeutic and healing.