Boredom
When do you find yourself bored? What do you think of the idea that people sometimes respond with boredom to situations that make them uncomfortable or challenge them--that boredom may point directly to those parts of our lives that need untangling?
"Perhaps boredom is not unlike loneliness: the best response may not be to run from it, but to give yourself to it, to see it as an invitation to attend more carefully to the very thing that seems boring" (p. 126). As with loneliness, perhaps exercise is "staying" in boredom the next time you get bored, and see what comes of it.
For tomorrow: please read pages 127-132
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