Quaker Wisdom

Boredom with the ongoing grind of the real world leads to predictable responses: "Let's rent a video/go shopping/surf the Internet." Spiritual seeking leads to a bunch of uncomfortable questions: "Why am I bored? What void is this boredom telling me I need fill? What will I discover if I just try to sit through my boredom?" Most days, most of us would rather rent a video than wrestle with our soul's hunger for meaning...

-- Henry Sessions, from Plain Living: A Quaker Path to Simplicity