138
17 What Question Rules Your Life?
My children occasionally sit down, stare at me, and speak what they perceive to be the worst of all possible human conditions: “Dad, we’re bored!” Indeed, the feeling that life has lost its flavor is a significant spiritual malaise that can touch any of us at any age. So I ask myself, what is the antidote to boredom? How do we keep life feeling fresh and new? This is, at its heart, a deeply spiritual question.
My friend Steve, a mid-lifer like me, says that vacations are not what they used to be. “After all, once you’ve seen a few cathedrals, ruins, interesting towns, pretty beaches, and quaint shops, they all start to look the same. I feel like I’ve done it all before. . . .”
This could describe our experience ...
Get Second Innocence now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
