When taking a stroll through the local Barnes & Nobles, I performed my usual devious means of shopping. I stroll through the store and look for books of interest, memorize the name of the book that has piqued my interest and then go back home and see if I can get the same book online for a much cheaper price. Yes, I know...devious.

I must also admit, sadly, that my pattern for book shopping is routinely boring. I, like so many others, seemingly purchase the same books time and time again. I think what does separate me (slightly) from the crowd is the fact that I will sometimes go into 'trends' of reading up on topics  that are usually a deviation from the norm.

It can be somewhat interesting to walk through the bookstore and come across old interests while, at the same time, looking for a new interest.

Does this sound mundane? Oh, bear with me friends...it is much more profound that you would imagine. You see, we are sums of our parts and individuals reveal themselves through our interests that make up our parts of the whole. When you see someone reading about surfing, it tells you that they surf and belong to a certain lifestyle. They might even own the old Rhino CD of famous surf songs of yesteryear.

Yes, you can tell alot about a person from the books they read, used to read and are looking forward to reading.

You can even learn alot about yourself.

Some people change. They develop different ideologies of perspectives based on the sum of their experience. When they change, in time they may even forget about the person they used to be. Or, maybe they might do something slightly less profound. Perhaps they might forgotten about the circumstances of the material they read. Perhaps an old three volume series that saw its final volume reading in a different location while holding a different job interacting and living with different people in a part of the world far removed from a previous life.

Yeah....walking through the bookstore can bring about some serious enlightenment.