Slow-moving,
arboreal, edentate mammals
A
company of bears
The dictionary provides the above three definitions for
sloth and my contemplation for this post is certainly not on mammals or bears
so we can focus on the first definition . According to the Catholic Church it
is one of the seven cardinal sins although I think sloth has got to be one of
the most overlooked sins, if at all it is considered a sin by any of us. And
yes I say overlooked because it’s just inconsistent to consider laziness wrong
(let’s use ‘wrong’ instead of sin for context). Surely there’s no right about
sloth, but is there a wrong and does the word only refer to a glorified version
of laziness or is there some spiritual meaning too?
I’m not someone to make New Year’s resolutions, but decided
to do the bible a day plan this year and I must say it’s not as easy as I
thought it would be, every day I hit catch-up and within the first 29 days, I’m
already down by 13 days. At this rate my one year bible plan would take 1.5 years,
which is acceptable too I guess! So what’s the correlation between the bible
reading plan and sloth you may ask? If I had to justify mindlessly watching
every single movie/tv show on Netflix, I would and I’d have a simple
explanation every time for why I haven’t been able to take the time out to get
the gate chain fixed, you get the picture … don’t you, it’s JUST procrastination.
The bug of procrastination is hidden under layers and layers
of tangled lifestyles that to wean it out would mean a complete rewriting of
the code, a catharsis and yet I believe remnants of the bug will continue to
exist. It may pop up ever so often, but you’ve just got to find the workaround
every-time and then I don’t know if the church meant to put procrastination in
the list of deadly sins, it doesn’t seem right?
And if this thought seems incomplete, you're absolutely right, it is.
And if this thought seems incomplete, you're absolutely right, it is.
