pride, greed, envy, sloth, lust, gluttony, wrath
Of the seven, only pride is really deadly. Pride makes you believe that money is any real measurement of the spirit. Pride makes you believe you’re too good to get your hands dirty, to get your muscles sore, and helps rationalize away the times you avoided helping someone. Pride enables entitlement, that despicable providence, that you ought to have or own anything over anyone else. Lack of pride makes you insecure. Lack of pride makes you join a group to gain a sense of self-worth. Pride creates avoidant behaviors – because you’re too proud to bear pain, your pride creates a defense mechanism instead of allowing a breakdown. Pride warps your sense of justice and fairness, and generates anger when things don’t go according to your ego.
