BOREDOM

[caressa222]

~ EASY DOES IT ~ (A Book of Daily 12 Step Meditations) ~

BOREDOM

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

~ Nietzsche ~

Boredom is a form of conceit. When we are bored we are saying, “Okay, life, you are not doing your job of keeping me entertained.” To think that life, or those around us, or the world itself is here primarily to keep us amused and entertained is “stinking thinking.”

This thinking can screw up our attitude and take us back to the point where our addiction seems like the only way out of that boredom. We may be miserable, but at least we aren’t bored, we think.

Those who learn to work the Program find that life is far from boring. Each day brings many quiet moments of joy, compassion, and insight. Rich serenity replaces the empty landscape of boredom

I am not in recovery just to be abstinent; I am living to learn, to help others, and to keep busy through positive action.

[caressa222]

Don't have time to be bored. There are not enough hours in a day. As I have said many times, "I am the busiest person doing nothing that I know."

[caressa222]

Don't like it when I can't do what I use to.

[majestyjo]

Realized when I read this that my codependent Self always looked to my partner to supply my entertainment. I know when I went to Al-Anon, my attitude was Ian not happy, you are not doing your job, only to find out it wasn't his job. I am responsible for my own happiness and had to learn to be with myself, love myself, even like myself. It was a long process and along the way I had to find things that I liked to do that were condusive to some serenity and peace.