Boring Is as Boring Does

Sometimes all we know is that we don't know much. And that is a good start. If you feel like you know everything already, you're not open to learn. That's why, in yoga, we say to cultivate a beginner's mind. I have friends who are amazing practitioners who still approach each pose as if they are doing it for the first time. And they are. We are changing constantly. Our thoughts, perceptions, feelings, are in a constant state of flux and evolution. The conditions around us are also changing all the time. So the "you" that did something yesterday, or even 5 minutes ago, is different than the "you" of this moment. And the moment is different. Everything is always new if you look at it the right way. So whatever you do, do it with your whole heart. (Whole heartedness is the opposite of boredom!) If you live with this outlook, everything you do will be filled with wonder and discovery. You will always be full of curiosity and life will be miraculous.
To quote the Zen scholar Suzuki-Roshi:

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few."

If you see things as "same-old, same old," you will be bored. To paraphrase Forrest Gump, boring is as boring does. Never be bored and you will never be boring.

Here's a poem about having passion, from the amazing David Whyte:

The Opening of Eyes

That day I saw beneath dark clouds
the passing light over the water
and I heard the voice of the world speak out,
I knew then, as I had before
life is no passing memory of what has been
nor the remaining pages in a great book
waiting to be read.

It is the opening of eyes long closed.
It is the vision of far off things
seen for the silence they hold.
It is the heart after years
of secret conversing
speaking out loud in the clear air.

It is Moses in the desert
fallen to his knees before the lit bush.
It is the man throwing away his shoes
as if to enter heaven
and finding himself astonished,
opened at last,
fallen in love with solid ground.