the boring stuff

Look at us! We now live in a world of abundance, of limitless possibilities, of new ideas and applications.

All of the social networks have entertaining videos, posts, etc, that will keep our attention there for any time we want so we can skip the boring stuff of life.

Like waiting, in the train, in a line, in the car. Or if you have something you don’t like, then you can also skip that.
Don’t like cooking? You can watch videos, don’t like cleaning the house? Watch videos instead.
Or maybe you’re in a boring dinner, again, the world has a solution for you.

Except… that boring stuff, is life. Life is not made of 100% exciting stuff. In fact, life is mostly made of boring stuff.
The long cycle of a flower blooming and dying is boring. We enjoy it when it’s already bloomed, but the whole process is boring.
Cooking, preparing breakfast, saying good morning.
All of this is boring stuff.

The boring stuff is the glue to everything in life. It is the water that flows and fills every place, making life what life is.
The boring stuff is what people miss of us when we’ll disappear, like the kisses on the head before going to bed, or the small things we did every day.
Those normal, repetitive, usual stuff, will leave a mark in every memory and will leave a void when you’re gone.

That void was made of boring stuff.
Yes, we can skip the boring stuff, we can distract ourselves, we can entertain ourselves.
But in doing so we’ll be missing something.
Maybe on that boring train ride we’ll see something new, meet a new friend or a new love, see a scenery we didn’t expect, notice a random act of kindness.
So many possibilities, hidden under a normal, boring, train ride.