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As I listened to a dear friend's favorite song, the lyrics really inspired me. As I quote the refrain "We were never being boring. We had too much time to find for ourselves. And we were never being boring… We dressed up and fought, then thought make amends. And we were never holding back or worried that time will come to an end. We were always hoping that, looking back you could always rely on a friend".
When I listened to the song the first few times… it came to me as just another song… however as life takes its toll and I was alone in the car and had the chance to really listen to it, I realize how the lyrics hit me.
I had the luxury to see few generations of my family live their lives. My grandma, myself, and my niece… and through every stage of every one's life, I could see how they live through their days… how they try hard not to being bored.
When I saw my niece, a three years old, I could see that she's never bored. She always finds new things that amuse her. Even a simple thing as a talking mouse dressed in red pants already amuses her. Her life is always just play and games… where in between she just get her nap. Maybe it's true… when you see and understand less… the more things will amuse you.
Then I see myself… a younger version of me and myself now. In my teenage years life is always fun and games for me… although with a bit more responsibilities than my three years old niece. But somehow I was never bored. I always find things to fill my time… whether its just simply hanging out in the steps outside of post office, or to have one single glass of drink at clubs… but I was never bored. And as for relationships… it is so never boring. It is just another way to fill my free time… argument is just something to do so that relationship will never being boring.
However as I grew older, I can see people around me are feeling bored. I lost count on how many times I've seen the status of my friends in a social site that says he/she is bored. In spite of all the things in life that I have the luxury to experienced, but I couldn't help to say that I myself sometimes feel bored. Where have all the fun and games gone?
Maybe it is true, that when you're not careful you'll have nothing left and nothing to care for. I've seen people in their older years taking steps as careless as my niece. However when you're young, you have all the time to learn and the chance to take the next more careful steps. But as you grow older, time and chances seems to be vanishing as fast as the speed of light. Every single step, every single decision you made has to be well calculated for and carefully made. Otherwise in the end you'll end up losing things and people that you care and treasure most. Which in the end you'll be left with nothing and nothing to care for.
And as you grow even older, even as old as my grandma who just turned 89 years old… you'll know that one thing that you could rely on is only your friends and family. I could see how she looses her friend one by one… how slowly she looses her smile and her laughter. Where she just watches things goes by without any expression on her face. However when she got the chance to visit her old friends, that was the only time I could hear my grandma laugh her heart out in a very long time. Where I could feel her happiness…. Her loneliness and boredom just disappeared.
All through our lives, we fought for existence… acknowledgement from others. Being invited to the hip parties, wearing the latest designer dresses, the next season's IT bags… all in the end would not help you from being bored. Maybe when we feel that the world is revolving too fast, when life is spinning to fast for you to handle… that is the time for you to stop.
Stand still… take a deep breath… and let your imagination runs wild. Be like a child for a moment, where simplest things inspired you… the blue sky amuses you, and the blossoming flowers takes your breath away. Then you'll cherish everything you have… relationships who help you grow, families who help you in every step of the way, and friends who you could rely on. By then maybe you'll stop feeling bored… and being boring.
— c3lz —
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