Life is filled with things to do. I marvel at people who get bored. In my house, boredom and its affiliates are anathema. To announce one is bored is like admitting creativity is not possible. If the ability to create personal productive entertainment is not put to use, then the ability to create personal happiness is outsourced.
Once control of generating personal happiness is outsourced, you become like a city without walls or--worse yet--a puppet. People can make you smile or cry at will. So what happens? You become their entertainment. They push a button and watch you work. Unpleasant conditions beyond your control will certainly make you miserable if you decide not to use creative energy to make your environment pleasant, and make yourself happy.
If happiness is private property, surrendering to boredom is like a quitclaim. You willingly gave up the right to make yourself happy.
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I am retired and not bored at all, I have been in the company of people who are non-stimulating and could not escape physically yet, my mind is capable of removing me from that place and leaving all emotional connections behind.
I will never relinquish myself to depend upon others for my comforts of life aka happiness and creativity. :)
Surely, it is not the answer they want to hear, but it is the answer they need to hear to begin taking control of their own happiness and self-entertainment. A community can't build a boys and girls club or a recreation center as the only answer to youthful boredom.
It is imperative they learn how to wake up their own imagination because other people may have tight schedules and cannot afford the time to help them with their boredom.
You are an affirmation for the retirees who say they retired from the job, but not from life.
You're also an inspiration because those who have the assignment of encouraging the hearts of other people would gladly use the latter part of your comment at a seminar or conference.
I can hear the speaker say, "I found this statement on the social network called Gather.com, and it reads ...I will never relinquish myself to depend upon others for my comforts of life aka happiness and creativity. :)"
Thank you for the well wishes.
Laughing a little as you are so sweet to think my words so weighty.
"Yes; and in "asking for attention" or for "a suggestion for an activity,"..." Not speaking specifically to your children--youth and adults alike do not phrase themselves well, they want a suggestion and short cut the message by stating an emotion rather than a question. They feed on getting the attention as a needy person in the guise of a "Team player".
I enjoy communicating with you I have been here nearly one year and am just lately connecting with the people I had sought at joining Gather. One long year! :)
Yes, I agree "youth and adults alike do not phrase themselves well [and] want [somebody else to do the mental work of coming up with "a suggestion and short cut."
That's why I say they have to start somewhere thinking for themselves. What are they going to do when no else is around to give them such attention? Is the only alternative left is to zone out and go criminal? If they can come up with something destructive, they can create something positive to entertain themselves.
Wow! Shock my muse .... "getting the attention as a needy person in the guise of a "team player." Well, I say if they're that needy, they be a team player for real and come up with something to do that is fun, legal and wholesome.
Thanks. I've enjoyed our exchange, too! It's a good start since I've been back. I hope to be consistent with my visits.
that the current activity level is
insufficiently exciting
just another hormonal motivator
can be welcomed as inviting
creative interplay within