Don’t be lazy

If there is any advice that can keep you grounded, it is this – Don’t be lazy.

It is in our exertion that we find satusfaction.

It is in the breaks between exertion that we find meaning.

Laziness can only be assessed by self and the truth is, you know, when you’re being lazy.

Do not start searching for reasons why you should do the task at hand, your brain will come up with many more on why you should delay exertion. It is a pseudo self-preservation brain trick.

Just start. Start now. Do the task at hand. Mindfully or mindlessly. And then the Zeigarnik effect will take over – the task started will occupy your thoughts so much, you will reprogram your brain to prompt you till the task is completed.

– Osasu Oviawe

The Apostle’s Creed

John 6:35-40
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.
But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.
All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out.
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me; and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day.
For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Homily:

Say a prayer with me.

The Apostle’s Creed

I believe in God,
the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
He descended into hell;
on the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from there He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Holy Catholic Church,
the communion of Saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.

Amen.