Thursday Thought: Adopt a Literary Mind

It's winter. In Cleveland, that means there is
plenty of time for reading. Most of us read on
a daily basis, if only the local newspaper, an email
from a friend or work colleague, or an ad for 20%
off canned cat food at the grocery store.

The thought occurred to me that whatever we
read during the course of our day might be
greatly enhanced if we approached our reading
with a "literary mind." What does that mean?
Simply that we see ourselves as literate and
capable of seeing the presence or absence of
value in whatever we read. Moreover, that we
read with an eye for those themes, ideas, and
notions that keep popping up across history.

Novel idea, I say. Give it a try!