My books are a blessing. Really! Some Scattered Thoughts on Owing Books/// I love my books. Shelves all over my home, sitting in tall, often unwieldy stacks, towering over every other aspect of my home. I love my books. But since the beginning of the year, I've been feeling overwhelmed with these loves of mine. Everywhere I looked, I saw a stack of books read and unread. And it began to get to it. ' I have far too many books.' ' I really am running out of space.' 'Maybe I need to prune my shelves. Sell some of my books maybe?' It was driving me crazy. I've been buying books since 2006. A couple of books every few months. From Sales, from the streets and even from some bookshops that I had a hard time leaving empty handed. They brought me so much joy. Slowly, but surely, my shelves began to fill up. O had my very own library! Me! Even now, nothing brings me as much joy as seeing my double stacked, bursting at it's seams bookshelves. I spent all of this morning dusting and cleaning my books, some of them and as I made room and stacked my books based on which ones I want to read in the near future, it hit me- Fuck it, I still love each and every book of mine. They still spark all kinds of joy. Every last one of them! They are a privilege. One that my childhood and teenage version would envy with the fire of a thousand suns 😁 Seriously, I am not even joking. So I've snapped out of it. Life is too short and far too previous to stress about too many books. It's a blessing I should be grateful for everyday. End of musing. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk ♥️ . . . #booksofinstagram #bookshelf #whimsybookworm #booknerdigans #bibliophile #thoughts #musings #writersofig #writeups #stacks #spines #bookblog #bookblogger #literaturelover #literature #light #womenwhoread #SatyajitRay #indianblogger #indianbooks #shelfie #shelves #bookstagram #unitedbookstagram #rantyourartout #bookphotography #mumbaiblogger (at Mumbai, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvD3sRxHAwW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lfwjbdiyazij