tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post4644051943793276303..comments2023-08-17T06:06:23.531-04:00Comments on Ibo et Non Redibo: Ten-Toed SlothsJohn Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07309411001384211788noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-25694311743511500992014-03-18T07:38:12.193-04:002014-03-18T07:38:12.193-04:00Agreed and guilty as charged. However, I would add...Agreed and guilty as charged. However, I would add that the symptoms are sometimes (note I said SOMETIMES) medicalized and referred to as depression or dysthmia. The treatment for it is anti-depressants and sometimes anti-anxiety. Of the top five selling pharmeceuticals, these are two. <br /><br />I am not saying that laziness and depresssion and anxiety are the same thing but they do appear similar. Nor am I anti-medication. I am just saying that there are social and cultural factors that impact us (e.g. loss of sense of agency, growth of institutional bureacuracy and loss of community, corporatism, media messages. etc.) and these too are contributing factors or proximate causes or whatever psychological or theological term you want to use.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779688436908834680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-52069124504198688212014-03-14T23:51:24.547-04:002014-03-14T23:51:24.547-04:00Hitting the nail, On.The.Head! The only thing I f...Hitting the nail, On.The.Head! The only thing I find hard though (and I tell God this) is, why does it have to be so hard to reach Him, to really commune with Him? Why does it seem as if He hides Himself from us? I suppose it goes back to my own slothfulness! If I spent more time in communion with the Lord, maybe I wouldn't have to ask that question. Now excuse me while I exit the internet, and pray the St. Joseph novena (which of course, I left to the end of the day...erg...)regina cateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16815066025083662804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-45625487121217063322014-03-14T03:08:04.930-04:002014-03-14T03:08:04.930-04:00You're right about our epidemic busyness. But ...You're right about our epidemic busyness. But my central point is that acedia -- understood as a mental laziness -- is often the stumbling block to our becoming persons of prayer and discernment, which in turn helps us overcome the more obvious sins. The "indulgent vices" AND chronic busyness are often just anesthetics to spiritual emptiness. It's our acedia that keeps us in those cycles, until enough grace is given or we choose to break free. -JohnJohn Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07309411001384211788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-27200873324011665922014-03-13T16:19:47.114-04:002014-03-13T16:19:47.114-04:00Wow. I would have said pride, gluttony or lust, b...Wow. I would have said pride, gluttony or lust, but sloth? We as a society have probably never been busier. We're working ourselves to death.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335955482091224148noreply@blogger.com