Highlight No More

Ever felt the need to highlight? Especially with that meaningful colour? And I use "need" very seriously. All those nuggets of advice or meaningful quotes that you worried you would forget. I remember textbooks that were yellow blobs of colour, the written text obscured by a madwoman's frantic and certain strokes. Certain that the more I highlighted, the more I would learn and remember. Wrong. I think it just spoke to some inner child who had to colour.

When I read these days, I still fight the urge to highlight. It's hard to break those habits developed over so many years and so many textbooks. I find now though that certain words resonate and quotes magically appear to encourage and say "you're on the right path". When that happens, there is no need to highlight or flag or note. It vibrates to the tune of my heart and it's like welcoming them home. I'm sure too that if I need to hear them again, they will be delivered time and again. Loud and clear. As long as I am listening.