Monotony can be confusing. Monotony can often be jumbled randomly with boredom. They can cross-pollinate each other. However, boredom and monotony are two different things. Monotony is a large part of life.
Boredom
As for being in a boring situation. If you claim to be bored it’s because you are lacking. Lacking in creativity. You’re lacking a sense of exploration, or a tinge of adventure.
As for monotony, it’s difficult to endure monotony when it’s without purpose. If it is purposeless monotony it does become horrible. But with those observing monotony, they see the goal or the objective. It doesn’t become purposeless. The losing of purpose disappears, the monotony takes on a new sensation that’s a thing called fruitful monotony.
Fruitful Monotony
We should integrate into our lives the idea of fruitful monotony. You see fruitful monotony is having a target. Then properly moving toward that target. Being ready, willingly engaging in the inevitable monotony that is going to come. Monotony is known. It’s in the observing, and it is expecting it to arrive. Like I said, monotony is a large part of life.
Viktor Frankl
Fruitful monotony is what separates the failures the also-rans, the losers from those that are successful. Knowing the monotony exists and approach it from a mature viewpoint. As long as we have a goal to that monotony then we can endure it, it becomes a fruitful monotony. Viktor Frankl in writing in his book, “Man’s Search For Meaning,” wrote these powerful word, “Those that have a why to live can bear almost any how.”
Wise words from a wise man.
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KRIS WILDER
Kris Wilder is a martial artist based in Seattle Washington. He has authored many martial art books, including the classic, The Way of Kata. Making no apologies for his obsession of Football he can be found telling any who will listen about the nuances of the Canadian Football League.
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