this entry is the 7th entry which i am going to talk about the 7 sins. it will be written from a generic view, perspective, focus. as this might arouse, provoke the pinch in you. please read it as non provocative manner.*wink* what trigger me to write such a thing, you might ask. well, it all started when things in your life aren't gonna be what you least expected. it's the surprise of the surprises.

i will try to do it on weekly basis.( ayy i am busy with my work k~) And most of you know, my ink-girlish not the very powderful. so you have to ta-han with my D7 grammatic expression in words. ( then why bother to attempt it?? duh~)

Jokey Synopsis< What it is: Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.

Why you do it: You're shiftless, lazy, and good for nuthin'.

Your punishment in Hell will be: You'll be thrown into snake pits.

Associated symbols & suchlike: Sloth is linked with the goat and the color light blue.


sloth( P ) Pronunciation Key (slôth, slth, slth)
n.
Meaning:
1) Aversion to work or exertion; laziness; indolence.

2) Any of various slow-moving, arboreal, edentate mammals of the family Bradypodidae of South and Central America, having long hooklike claws by which they hang upside down from tree branches and feeding on leaves, buds, and fruits, especially:

i) A member of the genus Bradypus, having three long-clawed toes on each forefoot. Also called ai1, three-toed sloth.

ii) A member of the genus Choloepus, having two toes on each forefoot. Also called two-toed sloth, unau.

3) A company of bears. See Synonyms at flock1.

Medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas said Sloth is "sluggishness of the mind which neglects to begin good... [it] is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him away entirely from good deeds."

also From the Pocket Catholic Catechism:

....Sloth is the desire for ease, even at the expense of doing the known will of God. Whatever we do in life requires effort. Everything we do is to be a means of salvation. The slothful person is unwilling to do what God wants because of the effort it takes to do it. Sloth becomes a sin when it slows down and even brings to a halt the energy we must expend in using the means to salvation...

i qouted a simple event. i have a relative. god knows when it started, but the image she portrait seems to be scale more towards the lazy side. and times when she ask for my help, i try to. when i can't, i refer her to the elders. then she will said like they dislike her lah, or condemn is too strong for it. they won't help lah. when i spoke to the elders, they refer her as a lazy attitude.

just as simple thing like she won't come over to help out in the grandma's kitchen or just stay at home. by the way, she stayed close to my grandma. others will be looking at her, the attitude she portraits.

it seems to me that she does have a pessimistic personality. she also does lack of the eagerness to learn and the positive attitude. then again, does family and friends play a part to upbring this character.

sloth often associated with lazy as one of the sins that it's easily in front of most eyes. i am just plain lazy. i admit it. but the foremost life i want to pursue is not lazy but more like a wandering, worries-free. maybe idle on a un-stationary platform. i.e. to say a vagabond. but then again, this is singapore and the blood flowing in my body doesn't allow me to do so.

sometimes( or maybe most of the time) you find xiaoqiang is full of power, full of energy. that is because he can't sit still. there are so much of enthusiasim and curosity in his head. the flame of discovering new things and trying new things was eternally burning in that pig-brain of his. yet as much of learning and conquering new difficulties, i also see a sluggishness and weariness in this frame of burning torch.

not sure if this is a shortcoming. but xiaoqiang is not going to let this passiveness down. he will move on.. and on... and on.... and on.....

of all 7 sins mentioned over the past entries. they continue to live in you since the day you are born. it depends on how you look at it, and how you handle it. it then evolves to what you groom it/ them to be. but don't let these sins lead you down. afterall, you are only human. human err.