A Curiosity Satisfied

A Curiosity Satisfied 

The books were stacked haphazardly or put away neatly in bookshelves. They were all full of so much wisdom and experience. It sometimes seemed that the novels, completely fiction, had more depth and wisdom than the books of academia. The stories that authors wove from history or from imaginations were amazing. Cordelia had just finished reading such a novel. She had, for the first time, used the little Post-It notes as she read. It was quite normal for her to use the little sticky notes in her university texts. She had seen members of her book club using them for the novels they brought for discussion. At first she was rather cynical about how analytical it had seemed. After a while she was just curious about how anyone could stop reading long enough to write a little note, or mark the page. But this book, found at a second-hand book store, had intrigued her when she read the first page. Curious, she paid for it and took it home to see how the story had been told. She had had some Post-It’s on the table beside her reading chair. A particular expression caught her attention and, without thinking, she had picked up the bright pink sticky notes, scribbled the couple of words on it and marked her page. Now that the book had come to an end, there were several little pink flags on the pages. Reading had taken on a different hue. She read the words all the same, but understood and appreciated the depth of the story differently. That’s all it had taken for her to change and develop a new practice. The example of her group and her own curiosity about ‘why’.

“The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, 

even but a millimeter the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”

~ James Baldwin