Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Boredom
Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves? — Friedrich 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.
Hazelden Foundation
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