Yesterday a former student posted a picture of a page of a book and posed this question on Instagram:

What kind of feeling does reading give to you?

I admit, my first thought was pride that as a college-aged woman a few years removed from high school when I had known her, she’s sharing about her reading and asking her collective friend group about it too. Sometimes like religion and politics, we’re too afraid to share out thoughts for fear of what others will think. So I was proud that she was still reading. And proud that she was willing to share her thoughts and ask others too.

She described reading as euphoria. I commented that at its most basic for me, I think connection is how I would describe reading.

What do you think?