We've all heard of them.
Lust
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride
There they are. All seven of 'em.
Recognize some? Recognize ALL of them?
Well, today I was thinking of sin. What makes ones' actions sinful. Today I'm kind of in a difficult place. Whereas I should be studying for my finals, I am just pondering around. So consequently, and the following is rather an attachment to my personality, I feel guilty.
But then again, what? Does one have to feel guilty when one has an off-day?
That's what got me thinking about sin. Is it sinful to do nothing? To just enjoy a day off. Oh... yeah... it is. Sloth. Or put rather easy: being lazy as hell. Ohh mannn..
Now that we've established the fact that a simple thing such as this one is even a sin, you can all imagine we all actually live very sinful lives.
When you think about it, however, life would be extremely upsetting and tedious if we would engage in only the seven 'delicious' virtues, the seven sins' counterparts. Things like kindness, humility, patience, charity... you can complete the list.
No, that would be boring. Isn't it human after all to have some kind of balance between the two? Sometimes the balance is just outweighed by the greedy part and you forget to be charitable for a minute. You just think of yourself and yourself only for a couple of minutes. As soon as you're satisfied you can return to the charity side of the balance.
No problem, it seems. As long as the balance is right in the middle or at least not on the sin side all of the time, I think you're doing a great job.
Recognize some? Recognize ALL of them?
Well, today I was thinking of sin. What makes ones' actions sinful. Today I'm kind of in a difficult place. Whereas I should be studying for my finals, I am just pondering around. So consequently, and the following is rather an attachment to my personality, I feel guilty.
But then again, what? Does one have to feel guilty when one has an off-day?
That's what got me thinking about sin. Is it sinful to do nothing? To just enjoy a day off. Oh... yeah... it is. Sloth. Or put rather easy: being lazy as hell. Ohh mannn..
Now that we've established the fact that a simple thing such as this one is even a sin, you can all imagine we all actually live very sinful lives.
When you think about it, however, life would be extremely upsetting and tedious if we would engage in only the seven 'delicious' virtues, the seven sins' counterparts. Things like kindness, humility, patience, charity... you can complete the list.
No, that would be boring. Isn't it human after all to have some kind of balance between the two? Sometimes the balance is just outweighed by the greedy part and you forget to be charitable for a minute. You just think of yourself and yourself only for a couple of minutes. As soon as you're satisfied you can return to the charity side of the balance.
No problem, it seems. As long as the balance is right in the middle or at least not on the sin side all of the time, I think you're doing a great job.
Food for thought, isn't it?
x,
B.
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