FEATURE
Library Corner
Librarianship is a labor of love for me. It affords me the opportunity
to help others and to constantly learn!
Ask the Librarian
A conversation with Emmanuel. . .
Favorite Quotes:
“Your Mind is like a
garden, be careful
what you plant in it”
-Author M.LoMan
I love what I do! You can say that books saved my life. They gave me
the avenue to escape poverty of the mind! They caused me to see
myself, beyond my environment. It was the power of reading that gave
me hope.
mmanu
E
The Libr
el
We have to be careful what we think. The mind
is like a garden, be careful what you plant in it!
I learned to read because a librarian taught me
how to weed the garden in my mind. She taught
me to plant positive seeds.
Books helped me to till the mind soil. She took
the time to use literature to teach me hope
and to expose me to the power of learning.
ian
ar
I have not always felt that
way. See, I could not read
until I was 12 years old;
I have dyslexia. But I
do not believe that
it was dyslexia that
prevented me from
reading; it was the
thought that I could
not read. People
around me bought
into the thought I could
not. Thus, causing me to
believe that I could not.
When you can learn how to learn,
then the gift of hope, creativity,
and imagination begins to fight for
existence; it becomes extraordinary, like
a red rose blooming in a winter’s storm.
As a librarian, I value the power of
creativity and the sacred gift of learning.
So I take my experiences and help others
to realize their potential.
Librarianship is about teaching people how to
learn.
The Library-access to what is within it-propels
innovation and creativity. It can save a soul and
cause them to be extraordinary!”
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