Consciouslyy Foundation to learn, and evolve together through the power of reading. The English writer, Dorothy Whipple once wrote, “Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.” More than a neural exercise that boosts memory and functioning of the brain, reading helps us to gain insight into realities we couldn’t otherwise live by ourselves, opens up our creative thinking capabilities, and activates our empathy sensors. Reading makes us aware and sensitive to the human condition, cultures, and customs, encouraging us to be forgiving and nurturing where once we might have been condescending.