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Seven Deadly Sins
Hoodat:
--- Quote from: 240B on April 05, 2021, 11:08:45 am ---Be Honest!
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'Fear' is the root of all seven.
jmyrlefuller:
1, I'm pleading the fifth.
2, if there is any deadly sin of which I am more guilty of than any, it's the eighth deadly sin of despair, or acedia as they used to call it.
roamer_1:
--- Quote from: jmyrlefuller on April 09, 2021, 01:42:00 am ---1, I'm pleading the fifth.
2, if there is any deadly sin of which I am more guilty of than any, it's the eighth deadly sin of despair, or acedia as they used to call it.
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That has never been my thing. I have been beat up all the way along, and been so low as to be living in the sticks under a 10x10 tarp for months. The trick is to find beauty in everything.
I will recommend something that will jack your mind over. The only book by a shrink that I put any store in:
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Chew on that and see what happens. :beer:
thackney:
--- Quote from: roamer_1 on April 09, 2021, 01:50:34 am ---
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Chew on that and see what happens. :beer:
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Thank you for sharing
Gefn:
Probably all of them at one point or another in my life, but never pride. I can’t think of one time in my life I have been proud of anything I’ve accomplished.
As for despair, it’s despair that makes us appreciate the good. I know I’m going through a mega depressive state right now, where I’m almost. ahenodonic but I know it probably will get better. Past experiences say it usually does, even if it takes a year or two
It would also be interesting to see what of the 7 heavenly virtues we’ve done,
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