We Are Too Spiritually Lazy to Feel Bored

The saying, “The Magyar is much too lazy to be bored,” is worth thinking about. Only the most subtle and active animals are capable of boredom.  – A theme for a great poet would be God’s boredom on the seventh day of creation.

The above ranks among my favorite Nietzsche aphorisms, and living in Hungary for nearly a decade has only increased my fondness for it.

I suppose it has much to do with my Hungarian cultural background — not my ethnic background, though, which is German, but Nietzsche was also German, so there is that.

Although the average Hungarian is far too lazy to be bored, I have never thought of God as lazy. Quite the opposite. I believe God remained active even on the seventh day — albeit in a subtle way.

Still, I can’t shake the feeling that God is capable of boredom, at least when it comes to Man.

He is waiting for us to answer His call to creativity, and I can’t help but imagine the ennui he experiences when we provide Him with anything and everything but an answer to that call.

We are too spiritually lazy to feel bored.

Now that is worth thinking about. It could also serve as theme for a great poet.