The Diligence Dilemma
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All the feelings presents Sins and Virtues. This episode, Diligence.
Ooh, Pete, are you ready? Today we are rubber meets the road, pedal to the metal, other car things, because we are going to give this maximum effort. today maximum effort yes yes this topic what what have we done so far gluttony give me a break what have we done rash but that's kind of exciting those are all the easy ones yes this last i could feel horny on a dime please Yes. But no, today we are really digging down. And it's interesting because it's ironic between you and me. This is the episode that I've done the least amount of work for. So that's perfect. Because should we have the robot tell us what we're talking about today? I think it's because we are talking about diligence.
Robot. Diligence. Noun. A steady, earnest, and energetic effort. Devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking.
Thanks, robot. See? We did okay. The robot's doing great. Yeah, doing great. Yes.
The robot hasn't messed up its job once. Oh, okay. So, diligence. Yeah. I did the usual thing, and I started looking up the, you know, it's a sins and virtues show, right? We have to talk about diligence. So you went back to the scrolls. As a part, I did. I have my scrolls in my personal Roman library. Yep. And as a part of the, you know, the combination of the cardinal virtues, And the cardinal sins, that's what we're talking about this season, of course. Diligence, it has been valued throughout history and across cultures as this important character trait, right? And ethical principle that has sort of transcended the canonical virtue. And it is one of the seven heavenly virtues. It stands in opposition to the deadly sin of sin. Do you know which one? Sloth.
It is sloth. That is the truth. You have been listening. Yep. So that's Christianity. Bible's got diligence in it. The hand of diligence will rule while the slothful will be put to forced labor. That seems vindictive, Proverbs. Buddhism has it apparently, according to those who were there, the Buddha's last words were reportedly, strive on with diligence. So how's that for a guilt complex? Wow.
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