Boredom
I read a quote on my tea bag the other morning from writer, humorist, poet, Dorothy Parker. It read: “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”
It got me to thinking about boredom. It’s my experience that when we say we’re bored, we are really saying that we are bored with our thoughts. They are the same, stale thoughts that have been coming around for years.
The common wisdom is: Change your thoughts and change your life, but you cannot change your thoughts without getting curious about what else is available.
Curiosity is a catalyst.
I must admit that, in the past, I wasn’t as curious as I am now. Sometimes I got so caught up in a position, an ideology, or the right way of doing things, that there was no room for something new to enter. Let’s be kind and call it what it is – Being a Know-it-All.
When you know it all, there is no room for anything new. And most know-it-alls I’ve known, including me, were easily bored, and could be quite boring when they talked about the same thing.
Ms. Parker was spot on; curiosity is the saving grace to boredom.
But in order to get curious, you have to recognize that you are bored. It’s the recognition of that state of mind, while it’s happening, that will open the door to curiosity.
Noticing your boredom in midstream gets you to wonder what else is possible. It gets you curious as to what else is available.
Curiosity has a way of breaking the bonds of boredom and letting in new light that illuminates new pathways with new ideas.
If you are a dyed-in-the-wool Know-it-All, take it from one who’s been there, you’re boring the pants off people and you’re boring yourself to death.
Curiosity is the cure. It may have killed the cat, but it is the best catalyst for pulling your head out of a dark orifice.
All the best,
John
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