SLOTH
"More than other sins, the definition of Sloth has changed considerably since its original inclusion among The Seven Deadly Sins... It would now describe as apathy, depression, and joylessness... [It was] also described... [as] the only sin characterised by an absence or insufficiency of love... it represents the failure to utilize one's talents and gifts. Current interpretations are therefore much less stringent and comprehensive than they were in medieval times, and portray Sloth as being more simply a sin of laziness, of an unwillingness to act, an unwillingness to care..."
How do people get pleasure today? No idea. But it sure as hell isn't from weaving a nice blanket for our husbands, picking apples or sitting and racing soap box cars like it was aeons ago. What i can tell you is that, up there with enjoyable activities in today's day and age, would be watching dvds, playing X-Box, sitting infront of a computer, watching sport... Do you see the not-so-subtle differences there? Forever ago, people went outside for entertainment. Today we stay inside.
Why? I can't tell you. Maybe it's because we spend so much time working that we just don't have the energy or the drive to head outside to look for something to do. All people want to do is curl up infront of an inanimate object.
Do we all actualise our talents? Not really. We don't. Look at us. Sure, i go to uni, i'm studying law and psychology in attempt to get better at them. But am i actualising my talents? Nope. I'm just going through the motions. I'm not driving myself hard enough to actualise any talents, except for those of procrastinating and television watching. Why? I don't know, i just don't care enough. And i, by far, am not the worst. There are many people out there who are even less driven than i.
I just admitted it myself; i just don't care. A perfect characteristic of slothfullness - an unwillingness to care. People just don't any more. There's nothing that makes people care. Emotion just doesn't come to people any more. We're desensitised.
We just don't care.
We're far too willing to sit around all day and do nothing. Times have changed a lot. I just can't quite figure out why...
Annie
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