Boring...

BORING...

“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.” - Thomas Szasz

'Boring...' is one of the most commonly used daily-word. We get bored very easily. We listen to a song or watch the same movie sometimes & then we get 'bored' of it. The reason is simple, our mind knows every bit of information that the movie/music is trying to spread hence listening to it over & over again destroys the actual 'charm' of it. We know what'll be the next scene in the movie. 

But boredom is not just limited to music/movies, apparently boredom spreads to every possible corner of our lives ranging from sleep-to-wake. Yes, people do get bored enough to sleep because its a boring task. The fact is that nobody likes to work. We're to lazy to go to work if it wasn't for the money. Apparently, money plays a key role in making people struggle & engage themselves to 'earn' money. Money keeps people on their toes. If it weren't for money, people would just care about some sport or food. Then the life would've been literally, a misery. Due to boredom, diseases/disorders like diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis etc have become an every-person routine. People can cluck their thick tongues to criticize others but become completely mute when they're asked to praise someone.Their boredom extends to the limit of paralyzing the strongest muscle of the body. When a person gets bored, everything that seemed to be exciting appears boring. In extreme cases, the existence of one-self also seems a boring fare.

From generation-to-generation, a child never gets bored because he has everything to learn. A teenager & a young person would get bored of his studies too easily. A working person would get bored of stepping out of his house. An old person can get bored, virtually at anything. In short, it turns out that the more you know, the more bore you get. But the key to surviving this situation is enthusiasm. Yes, enthusiasm is the antonym of boredom. 

An enthusiast has everything to learn, like a child hence the scope of getting bored is thin. Einstein once said that, 'A scientist is actually a child who has nothing else to do.'. He was right. Even if a person maintains his enthusiasm in any subject/topic of his interest, boredom can never captivate that mind which is pre-occupied with enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is an ecstatic poison whereas Boredom is a 'boring' poison. So it's ultimately upto us to pick the poison & our decision will be the binding one.

Happy 'Poison-Picking'