Not So Boring

Can you allow yourself to experience what you label “boredom” for just a while? And while you are in this temporary state, before you jump to fill it with something . . . Anything at all to replace what to you feels like emptiness or restlessness, pause. Sit as boredom for a while and just be with it. In fact, just be without labeling it. Observe the thoughts that arise as they will. Observe the restlessness with curiosity. And whilst observing, perhaps you will observe a caterpillar walking ever so slowly across a leaf and be fascinated. Perhaps the eyes will land upon a beloved animal resting with contentment and no concern about the next thing on the to-do list. And perhaps what you labeled boredom will have been transformed for just a while into a similar sense of contentment. Allow yourself to become bored every now and then, why don’t you?

You are so very loved.