This is interesting because even though I'm aware of at least a number of my sins, which are pretty constant (due mostly to sex drive, in my view), I've had some interesting revelations during the times I consider to be "less than ideal." I think the biggest weight of modern life is how we are so distracted, and even addicted to stimulation (or places like here, sadly, where there is information, it's interesting, etc). Isolation is big too. All of these things weigh on thoughtful forum types, because we have very few outlets to talk to people who either understand, or are interested in such things. Even older people, who are in touch with religious things, think particular complaints about life are silly or they are relatively dismissive about them. I don't hold it against them, but I do find that theology, since it is interesting, can be something similar, when not applied to the current world.
