Boredom and routine - is it bothering you?

There are various times when all of us get a little down and may be even a little depressed in life. After all we all are human beings and experiencing such feelings at times is genuine. But caution - sticking to those feelings and thinking about them all the time makes life miserable and unhappy. So, guess every person should have an onus to fight against such feelings whenever they start corrupting ones mind.

Recently, I was talking to my best friend and she seemed to be totally lost in dismay. Sometimes I wonder - what really bothers people. Even if they have best of things in life - I mean education, marriage, children, family, monetary status but still people are bothered and frustrated complaining about one or other thing. Cribbing about people seems to be their hobby.

After talking to my friend for one long hour, I came to know that the reason behind her depression and frustration was - routine and boredom. Actually, boredom and following a set routine is a general complaint which many of us face. No matter whether one is single or married- routine and boredom is part and parcel of life. Now, the main question which needs to be answered is - how does one eliminate the plagues of boredom and routine.

Well the first thing which I would really suggest (to someone one going through such feeling) is - talk about it. Get a significant other – may be your best friend, family member or colleague. Bend their ear, that is what they are their for. Do not keep anything confined to yourself which might result you being in more depression.

If you think you really don’t have any one (which can be a rare case) best think to do is locate the root cause of why are you bored. Once you have done that half your problem is solved. Playing your favourite game, listening to your favourite songs, reading a book, taking a hot water bath, taking a long stroll in the garden, looking at the sunset/sunrise are some other ways to feel relaxed. And in case nothing seems to work - practice some meditation at early morning and see how it works. :)

Friendship Vs Friendliness - Discourse by Osho

Friendship is a relationship. You can be in relationship with a few people. Friendliness is a quality not a relationship. It has nothing to do with anybody else, it is basically your inner quality. You can be friendly even when you are alone. You cannot be in friendship when you are alone - the other is needed - but friendliness is a kind of fragrance. A flower opens in the jungle, nobody passes by - still it is fragrant. It does not matter whether anybody comes to know of it or not, it is its quality. Nobody may ever come to know about it, but that does not matter. The flower is rejoicing.

Friendship can exist only between one man and another man or at the most between a man and an animal - a horse, a dog. But friendliness can exist even with a rock, with a river, with a mountain, with a cloud, with a far-away star. Friendliness is unlimited because it is not dependent on the other, it is absolutely your own flowering.

So, be friendly, just friendly to all that exists. And in that friendliness you will find all that is worth finding. In friendliness you will find the ultimate friend.