Reading can change your brain

I read that reading consistently rewires your brain in such a way

That new neural connections are formed, depression is kept at bay

Not that I need another reason to read any more than I do already

It is still heartening to know that I’m doing something beneficial for me..

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While interacting with social media keeps the sympathetic nervous system in overdrive

Books stimulate the parasympathetic system, essential to revive

Depleted stores of energy that you on a regular basis face

Watching videos with reading you might try to replace

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You watch educational videos, you argue

You can learn from them anything you want to

But when you read you have to imagine each scene

That is a powerful way to use brain cells, it means

You are exercising both cerebral hemispheres simultaneously

What can a better way of engaging your brain be?

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In order to preserve my shrinking brain cells I read

The ability of my brain to develop new pathways I need

Enough said, let me now curl up in a cozy nook

And read with pleasure a well-written book