From the Badgers' Forest Tarot, the Ten of Crows (Pentacles); from the Gemstone Oracle, Moss Agate:
It's always entertaining to watch bird parents teach their young where to find food and how to navigate those contraptions called bird feeders. Learning to be responsible for themselves will allow them to learn survival skills rather than expecting someone always to be there to do things for them. Moss Agate ('growth') expands this logic as the quote by Frederick Douglass illuminates: "Nature is herself a great worker and never tolerates, without certain rebuke, any contradiction to her wise example. Inaction is followed by stagnation." In a world of technology and constant change, we all must be willing to add to our skill sets if we want to keep pace. On the plus side, as my friend
Sharyn says, being eager to study new things means you're never bored.
My mother once told me only the boring are bored. I'd been whining of course. It stuck in my brain though.
ReplyDeleteMothers always seem to have a phrase or two handy for whiny kids. :)
DeleteBoredom is a choice. When I find I have made that choice, I get up and shake it off and move on.
ReplyDeleteIt definitely is a choice.
DeleteI have to remind myself that boredom is due to my "unwillingness to participate." It still doesn't seem believable at those moments when my eyes are glazing over. -Kate
ReplyDeleteNow that's an excellent description of boredom!
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