Extricating Slothfulness and Building up Eagerness to Learn

Day in, day out temptations and thoughts swarm us like flies; thus being still and be able to take some caution and retreat, to keep watch and stay guard at the door of our minds is very crucial. Among many other things, the simplest way to discern less resourceful thoughts is in the nature of its difficulties. Most of the time, slothfulness starts with the seduce of the ease. We want things to be easy and entertaining.

Just to illustrate, the day we are about to set out to do big project, such as writing, translating or to do our prescribed duties per se, suddenly online games, 'just chilling' and 'relaxing a little bit' becomes such sweet option. It is as if our minds yell and retaliate against the complexity and loftiness of the task given and choose instant gratification.

The hard truth is: we only grow when we are willingly facing and handling the challenge. The minute we give in to such offer, we shall be overcome with the bound of slothfulness which requires more and more of our time to satisfy. Love the challenge and the 'burden' of toiling. We are asked to do, as in the words of Holy Apostle Paul, to do every task whole-heartedly, as we do for God for his glory, and not for mere men. It certainly needs some degree of will power, humility and sincere obedience to so things at hand.

It is beautiful to learn loving God by denying ourselves from 'little' gratifications which make us less. Be it less productive, less patient, less wise, less prudent, anything less. It takes small, humble and sweet steps to follow Christ in obedience, by being dilligent and do little but meaningful things trusted to us faithfully.