Reading for transformation

 Reading “Reading for transformation,” I enjoyed the section that talked about McAloon’s lectio divina. I like all 5 different points. I really feel like these will help me in my reading for this class this semester. Especially knowing myself not all literature interests me, so trying to engage myself more in the assigned reading by using these 5 points will definitely help me. The first point silencio, talks about being with silence to clear the mind. I find that useful in my own reading and even in my daily things I do in my day. I tend to get easily distracted by my own thoughts and tend to wander off in different directions. The second lectio, point informs us to read slowly and carefully. By doing this in my own reading for pleasure or in class will help me to understand what is even going on in the book I usually tend to read books or articles once and very quickly just to get through it and be done with it. I usually walk away from my reading having no idea what I just read, and to be frank not really caring either, especially I it doesn’t apply to me or my life.

At the beginning of this essay, I completely agreed and could relate to what McAloon was saying about how some authors tend to be such excellent writers that what they say, which can be very deep, goes right over your head. I thought, “either I’m not applying myself to the piece of literature or it’s just really too deep for me to grasp the true meaning. I learned that while reading you sometimes have to work. You cannot expect to read everything and feel that it’s all clear and you understand every word and phrase. That is not how it works. Analyzing and looking for clues within other words or phrases will bring the deep meaning that was unclear to life.