The other night, my friend Walt posted a link to a mess of inspirational quotes. Since I love to read and argue with inspirational quotes, of course I read them all and did some mental arguing. It was fun. There were a lot of them. <\/p>\n
“I’m bored” is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say “I’m bored.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’ve probably mentioned it before, but I am almost never bored. Like Louis says, there is a lot of cool shit out there. Boredom is really not an option. When I considered my own occasional boredom for a moment, I realized that on the few occasions when I do think<\/em> I am bored, I am actually discontented in some way. Frustrated. Sad. Puzzled. Annoyed. It isn’t boredom at all. <\/p>\nNow I just have to remember this emotional breakthrough the next time I think I am bored, figure out what I really have going on in my over-active psyche, and voila! Perfect mental harmony. <\/p>\n
So remind me, OK?<\/p>\n
What, don’t you want me to have perfect mental harmony?<\/p>\n
Of course you do. <\/p>\n
It may take a while, that is why I need someone to remind me. If I got bored more frequently, I wouldn’t have to remember my theory for very long. <\/p>\n
What do you mean, how will you know when I am bored? That is a good question. Chances are, I will be over my boredom by the time I write about it and you won’t be able to remind me at all. <\/p>\n
Personal responsibility is a bitch.<\/p>\n
Well, I will let you know if I ever manage to get bored, remember my theory about it being dissatisfaction rather than boredom and have an epiphany that results in perfect mental harmony. <\/p>\n
I’m looking forward to it.<\/p>\n
Psssh. Every one says satori is soooo fucking hard.
\nAll I have to do is figure out what I am not bored about. <\/p>\n
Simple. <\/p>\n
That sound you didn’t hear was the Universe laughing its ass off at me. <\/p>\n
Yes, the Universe has an ass.
\nYou’ve obviously never heard the expression “ass end of the Universe” before. <\/p>\n
Looking forward to satori.
\nI hope my eyeliner doesn’t smudge when it happens.<\/p>\n
(Resisting the urge to say “don’t hate me because I’m Buddhaful” because it is such a bad pun)<\/p>\n
(It’s low risk, though, because there isn’t a lot of smiting in Buddhism)<\/p>\n
(What’s with all the parentheses all of a sudden?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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