Laziness or ok?

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I saw a pigeon with an injured wing laste night.
I made some phone calls, we agreed I’d look in the morning how it is and then possibly bring it somewhere. The guy from the vet emergency said it’s ok if I don’t go right at sunup when the birds wake up.
I felt I needed more sleep I0’b beeen so tired and monday working again.
I don’t know how I justified not going at least at 8 or so. Somehow I thought it was ok tostay in bed longer and then eat breakfast and THEN take the train back to the town w here the pigeon was.
Now I feel bad. I got there at 11.30, abouts. The bird was still in its doorway.
Did I let it suffer longer out of laziiness?
Or is it ok to get rest too and then do these things? To tell myself I do so many things I CAN do them in my time? I don’t know. I feel bad right now, very bad. Why didn’t I go earlier?
Would this be considered a mortal sin? Should I go to confession? Or iis it not because I wasn’t fully aware?

I have thoughts now I have to punish myself. Like not read in a book today that I like reading right now. Would you do that or is that scrupulous?? I feel very bad. At least I caught the pigeon and can take it to the animal shelter now.

Kathrin
 
I think I feel better now.

The woman from the animal shelter said I could bring the bird at 2pm.

They don’t schedule around their days so much either.

Maybe it is ok.

I think I was having a guilt attack.
 
Kathrin, in three posts lately you have mentioned feeling very tired, and have blmed yourself for not having the energy you should.
Your falling asleep during the homily, the tiredness you mention here and in another post indicates you are worn out in some way. As you worry about things you think you may have done wrong, you may be suffering from too much tension. You may need to be gentler with yourself.

Kathrin, you are a good person and you do the best you can manage. I’m sure God is please with you. Please don’t be so hard on yourself.

I have to admit I’d probable berate myself about the pigeon much as you did though, because I get oversensitive about things at times…but you know that you felt genuinely exhausted. Don’t punish yourself for that or for what you can’t do when you’re exhausted, like with the cleaning the window episode. These occasions are a clue your brain is trying to give to you that something needs attention in you…if only to learn strategies for peace.

You may be fine and I can’t give medical advice, but I’ll just say…there was a time that no matter how hard I’d try to stay awake, I’d fall asleep in homilies, and at other times. I was so tired but I thought it was due to the emotional stress of some family troubles. I had blood tests and found I had anaemia, and am Celiac. Those things dealt with, I don’t fall asleep in homilies any more, not that one could with my current parish priest. Maybe nothing’s wrong…but you are very hard on yourself little Kathrin.

Love, Trishie
 
You didn’t do anything wrong, in fact you did way more than you needed to. I would have just caught the pigeon and called Animal Control to pick it up, and only then if it was on my property or in an area that I was responsible for.
 
It actually turned out ok. Which of course doesn’t mean that if I did something wrong that made it ok, right, but… maybe it was meant this way.

Since I couldn’t go there before 2pm, if had gone earlier I would have had to carry the poor pigeon around longer.
And I wouldn’t have called the woman from the shelter on a Sunday morning too early either. She was off work too, I had to call her private, so she could arrange something for me to bring the bird in.

Anyway. The woman at the animal shelter who looked at the pigeon was so nice. She said maybe it’s an old injury and they’ll keep it in a aviary for now and see how it does.

I just looked at the little creature of God and felt much love.

I may not have done everything perfect but I think now that I did do ok.

Kathrin
 
Hmmm when I was a kid on the farm, part of my job was to take the 22 rifle and pick off the pidgeons from the silo tops (they made a heck of mess up there). Then we’d eat them - sort of like little game hens!

I would have been tempted to take the thing home and stew it up!😃 Good eatin!
 
Trishie said:
the tiredness you mention here and in another post indicates you are worn out in some way. As you worry about things you think you may have done wrong, you may be suffering from too much tension. You may need to be gentler with yourself.
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You are probably right… well there are several reasons, I am probably still adapting to having to get up earlier since I have a job now (before I was self-employed, mostly livign on street music). I work 8 to 2 at a group home, and the commute isn’t all that short either. Then usually I all kinds of thingsin the afternoon because I want to make it to a daily mass in the evening, which usually is in still another town, and by the time I get home it is late and maybe I have just been doing too much. Maybe I can really tell myself that I don’t have to go to daily mass so often and get home earlier. I am a bit torn about this though.

Or maybe it’s really just the worrying too much.

Or I jsut have to turn off the light earlier once I’m in bed… but on the other hand, that winding down time before going to sleep is relaxing.

Kathrin
 
Catholic90 said:
Hmmm when I was a kid on the farm, part of my job was to take the 22 rifle and pick off the pidgeons from the silo tops (they made a heck of mess up there). Then we’d eat them - sort of like little game hens!

I would have been tempted to take the thing home and stew it up!😃 Good eatin!
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I think we’re talking about a city pigeon here, not a fruit-and-grain-fed farm pigeon. City pigeons eat garbage. Also, this one had an injury with who knows what kind of infections running through its system. It would probably taste terrible, if not make you sick.
 
City pigeons, otherwise known as the rats of the air. They are considered vermin by many. I wouldn’t worry about it, and it seems a precious waste of time and money to take care of an injured pigeon while there are humans suffering far worse.
 
Kathrin said:
I saw a pigeon with an injured wing laste night.
I made some phone calls, we agreed I’d look in the morning how it is and then possibly bring it somewhere. The guy from the vet emergency said it’s ok if I don’t go right at sunup when the birds wake up.
I felt I needed more sleep I0’b beeen so tired and monday working again.
I don’t know how I justified not going at least at 8 or so. Somehow I thought it was ok tostay in bed longer and then eat breakfast and THEN take the train back to the town w here the pigeon was.
Now I feel bad. I got there at 11.30, abouts. The bird was still in its doorway.
Did I let it suffer longer out of laziiness?
Or is it ok to get rest too and then do these things? To tell myself I do so many things I CAN do them in my time? I don’t know. I feel bad right now, very bad. Why didn’t I go earlier?
Would this be considered a mortal sin? Should I go to confession? Or iis it not because I wasn’t fully aware?

I have thoughts now I have to punish myself. Like not read in a book today that I like reading right now. Would you do that or is that scrupulous?? I feel very bad. At least I caught the pigeon and can take it to the animal shelter now.

Kathrin
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Kathrin:

Don’t forget that God made animals to have have a much higher threshold for pain, although I’ve had two broken arms and felt no pain. So, the bird did not suffer from any pain.

Now, I’m sure he/she was a little hungry, but, that is something animals get used to from life. The world does not always provide, especially during winter.

That bird is lucky to have had someone who cared enough to do what you did for it. The fear it felt from being handled was no doubt the worst of all of its travails. And, even that wasn’t so bad.

👍

jd
 
JDaniel said:
…Don’t forget that God made animals to have have a much higher threshold for pain,… So, the bird did not suffer from any pain…
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While this is well intended, I don’t think there is sufficient data to quantify what pain this particular bird may have experienced.
 
Leopard said:
While this is well intended, I don’t think there is sufficient data to quantify what pain this particular bird may have experienced.
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I suppose we could poll veterinarians. But, I really don’t think that’s necessary. I have a feeling the majority would concur.

Anyway, all animals, including us, have a shock mechanism that begins almost immediately after an injury, with the exception of a burn, which takes a little longer. As humans, we have a tendency towards re-stimulation. All sorts of re-stimulation occur whenever we are injured. Old injuries. Old visits to the doctor after an injury. Mishandling by nearby morons, and the like. Thus we have a tendency to keep the pain at hand, so to speak.

Animals are moment to moment, otherwise one could not effectively train an animal. So, they don’t re-stimulate. And, they all subscribe to a philosophy of Stoicism. 😉

jd
 
Many cities have pigeon population reducing plans in place to control their numbers. Pigeon feces dust can lead to a chronic lung disease in some people. I wouldn’t go to any great effort to save a pigeon.
 
So what about pigeons being vermin? Katrin saw one of God’s creatures in pain and wanted to help it. Good for her.
 
Saintlucy said:
So what about pigeons being vermin? Katrin saw one of God’s creatures in pain and wanted to help it. Good for her.
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Because they are considered a blight on cities and towns due to their prolific numbers, and it’s a waste of time and resources to help pigeons. It’s similar to helping a sewer rat. They spread filth and disease.
 
God created pigeons, rats, and all other animals, and gave them into our care.
 
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