One Of The Seven Deadly Sins

by Marta Dahlig

Envy, one of the seven deadly sins. I avoid envy because she is a trickster. When you let Envy creep into your heart you begin to evaluate your own life through filtered glasses. That old saying that the grass looks greener on the other side...well, green with envy can lead you down a path of decisions that are not in your best interest.

Poor Bernie Madoff, nobody would sympathize with him now...but many envied him 5 years ago. On top of the world (with other people's money) he looked like the symbol of financially and familial success and was envied by many. Now he sits in prison, his son has committed suicide and his grandchildren are possbily working on having their last names changed so as to not be associated with him.

Envy has a way of putting blinders on your sight...you only see the surface which looks sooooo good but envy does not allow you to see below that surface.