Name Your Sin

[threadwalker]

The list of the 7 deadly sins or 7 sinful thoughts changed over time. I pulled the one I'm most familiar with, which is a modern Catholic list, and inserted a few alternates from other lists in parenthesis.

gluttony
lust (extravagence/unrestrained excess)
greed
wrath
sloth (despair)
envy
pride

Most of us will admit that we have 'weaknesses' or 'areas of improvement'. I'll call a spade a spade and admit that one of the items on this list has been something I've struggled with all my life. I've certainly allowed myself to fall victim to all of them at one point or another, but one has been an overall theme.

So I'm curious if anyone else has put thought into this. I'll share mine if you'll share yours.... (mine is going to be enbedded in a comment as soon as I have a lunch break and the time to write something)

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Oh Prydeful Womane, Shayme on Thee

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Pride.

(By the way, Pride makes it on every list even though some of the others get altered)

Hands down, Pride is my sin.

I'm good at what I do. NO, I'm VERY good at what I do. In my professional life, personal life, hobbies, at home, etc. It's taken me a long time to get there in some cases, but I'm good and I know it. If I'm not good, then I figure out what I need to do and either I throw in the towel or I do it.

I know that I come across as a confident woman, especially at work. Whatever my SCA friends think of my "Confident Aura" in the SCA, per several co-workers, I'm hands down a force of confidence at work who will nuke you if you disagree with me and you don't have your facts straight. (This description was created by a male co-worker who watched me do QA-Throwdowns for a few years).