The Epitome Of Boredom (standard:humor, 909 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Sep 26 2021	Views/Reads: 952/676	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
If I’m bored it’s my fault. I need to live a proactive life in serving God in a way that pleases Him.

I have never considered myself to be boring. I may be boring to other
people but not to myself. 

As you get older, you find out that there are many boring things in this
world. 

When younger, I can't ever remember being bored except when my father
was lecturing me on how I should behave. I'm not sure he was very 
successful at that. 

I wasn't bored with anything, and I always found something to gain my
attention. 

This was back in the day when there was no Internet, cell phones, or
anything along those lines. How some people today live without cell 
phones is something I'll never understand. 

The other day I was downtown, stopped at a red light, and many people
were walking on the left side. I watched them and didn't know if they 
were going to some Memorial service or what. They were all bent over, 
heads down, working on their cell phone while walking. 

You take away their cell phone, and they will not know what in the world
to do. 

When I was younger, we knew what to do. We did not need some claptrap to
amuse us and keep us from being bored. 

Being a husband for over 50 years, I don't know what being bored is all
about. 

If, for example, I don't have anything to do and the Gracious Mistress
of the Parsonage finds out, believe me, I have plenty to do. 

The other night, I watched the little kitties out on the back porch
jumping and running around and chasing each other. One was chasing its 
shadow, and I don't think it ever got it. 

But these kittens were having the time of their life and when they ran
out of energy, they all snuggled together for a nap. 

Maybe that's why older people take naps more often! 

I'm not against technology at all. For example, if I go to a restaurant
by myself, I take my cell phone with a Kindle app with around 300 
books, so I have something to read. 

Not many things bore me, but there are times that I do get bored. 

What bores me more than anything else are committee meetings. I know
some people live by these committee meetings. Whether it's politics, 
education, or religion, meetings are their top priority. 

I can't think of anything more boring than committee meetings. I try my
best to keep an upper chin, but it's tough to do with so many chins on 
my face. 

I certainly could not be a politician because all they do is go to
committee meetings after committee meetings. That may explain why so 
many politicians are crazy. They went to so many committee meetings 
that it has driven them crazy. But, of course, with some of them, it's 
not a very long drive. 

For many years, I have gone to church committee meetings. But,
unfortunately, the older I get, the more bored I am with this kind of 
activity. 

When I'm in person at some of these committee meetings, I have to go to
the bathroom if I'm not falling asleep. I remember one committee 
meeting I went to the bathroom probably close to 10 times. After the 
meeting, someone asked me how I was feeling. I didn't tell him because 
I didn't want to offend him. 

Then something changed. During all of this health dilemma that we are
facing in the lockdowns, one positive thing emerged. 


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