Exhortation: Grandma’s Suggestion

Things have gotten slow,
Humdrum
And ho hum,
Not much happening,

Life seems repetitive,
Although,
It’s not necessarily
Unpleasant;

As my Maternal Grandmother once said,
On one of those occasions
When I complained
Of being bored:

“One day,
You’ll be
Grateful
For boredom.”

Back then,
When she made this observation,
I was unconvinced
And mystified,

But now I think
I understand her position
That there comes a time
When this feels right,

Once one has tried
It all
Or at least
As much as one can do for now

And is feeling exhausted,
Has run out of fresh ideas
Or even those that arise
Seem impossible to pursue,
Then boredom will do.