Everything that displays a pattern is pregnant with boredom,” Brodsky told those flabbergasted undergrads. Of course, much of what displays a pattern—lifelong friendships, enduring marriages, serious scholarship, the making of art, prayer, Sunday mornings in winter—is also pregnant with meaning. Boredom is the price we pay for a life rich with meaning. Recognizing this makes the feeling more endurable.
Meaning and boredom. Boredom and meaning. Hand in hand.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/boredom-parenthood-father/686158/
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