How many parents have heard the word’s, “I’m bored” echo through the rooms of their house? Our children learned a lesson very early in life. Never express that sentiment. Their mother taught them, “Your bored, find something creative and beneficial to do, or I will find it for you.” They were quick to learn how to find something they wanted to do, rather than something that was assigned to them. Since they were home educated from the younger grades through high school, choosing to be bored was never an option.
Whether children are bored in the school system, or at home, boredom is never a pleasant and profitable use of time. In a world of increasing technological influence, imagination and creativity are often set aside for the easy way of technological babysitting. As this is happening with increasing regularity, technological addiction is also increasing. Really? Watch the response when parents threaten to, or do remove the technology, even for a short time.
What may have been designed with a benevolent and beneficial purpose has gotten out of control. The challenge is, many of the parents of such children are just as addicted to technology as their children and do not, no cannot, see its challenges and dangers.
What is true of any addiction, is it takes greater amounts of consumption, just to get the same level of satisfaction. The habit and addiction becomes more and more entrenched, controlling greater amounts of a person’s life.
In this moment of time, I simply ask the questions. What outside influences may be at work to diminish an individual’s ability to think clearly, lower their conscious and energetic awareness and their capacity to see and respond to situations in life that were once just plain common sense? What external elements might be finding their way into a person’s body to create changes in thought patterns, emotions, and their ability to clearly make their own decisions? What are the entry points into the body that is causing the damage? It might also be worth considering who has the power, the resources and the ability to bring that to fruition in our country, or even the world? “I’m bored!” What is that statement really expressing to you?