in all labor there is profit but idle chatter leads only to poverty
you see I am doing spiritual work now
guilty feelings don't help your life if you play games it must be work but things which don't seem to be used by you in beneficial ways are a waste of time if one skill will be forgotten you are wasting your time
I think the goal of life is to pick one thing which you will master until you become unconsciously competent
in justice I provide this advice to the whole world not just to you coptic orthodox
sometimes you will know it is time to pick up something else also
and if there is spiritual reality behind this I say:
God will forgive us if we are lazy and repent but God will hold us responsible for the souls dying in our sin. Even if our hard work does not bring observable results God knows our intention
there is an intense spiritual warfare and desire for selfish pleasure even if people are going to die in their sin
"the sleep of a laboring man is sweet"
I will leave work only to the day and playing games till the night because one can not sleep unless he has accomplished something and has a plan for the next day. Play until I fall to sleep