7 deadly sins

                There are seven deadly sins in the world which include: greed, lust, pride, wrath, envy, gluttony, and sloth.  Greed is the excessive desire for wealth or possession of something, lust is an overwhelming desire or craving for something, pride is the sense of being extremely proud of yourself, wrath is a strong feeling of revenge or vengeance, gluttony is the excessive intake of food or beverages, envy is a feeling of wanting something that someone else has, and sloth is being extremely lazy.

               When it comes to the seven deadly sins, I am not very strict on following them, and so religiously speaking, I am a sinner.  Although I do most of the sins a little each, I would say that the sin that I am most guilty of would be pride.  It is a bad thing that I am too proud of myself and I do realize it, however, I always think well of myself and do things that are not necessary.  I could consider myself a bit of a show off and I know that not many people like a show off.  However, I am trying to keep things more humble now that I am older and realize that it is not a good thing to be too proud of myself.  When I am too proud of myself, I don’t over exaggerate like many proud sinners do, but instead I do the same thing many times and try to show everyone that I can do it.  Yah, I know, I am a selfish proud jerk.  However, now that I realize this; I am trying to get better at not showing off.  But still, I feel like I have to show off my accomplishments.  I haven’t thought why I feel like I have to show off, but now that I put some thought into it, it is probably because I want to be known as a cool guy.  This whole show off sin that I have does not help me become that, and instead shows my jerk side.  I do not like this and am trying to get better at controlling it. 

               When it comes to sins, I do not believe that if you commit a couple of sins that you are a bad person and you will be sent to rot in hell, however, a excess of one sin is a bad thing and instead of being punished for it religiously, you should be able to realize and change your bad quality.  This is a way of learning by realizing and wanting or desiring to change.  This desire is not a bad thing, but can push you to change around an aspect of your life in order to become a better person.

               Although it is bad to have excessive pride in you, it doesn’t hurt to have a little.  You should always trust yourself and believe in your ideas, if they are reasonable.   Don’t worry about what other people may say about you, but be yourself.  Be proud in what you accomplish, even if it can’t compare to other peoples accomplishments.  If you are proud of what you do or have done, embrace that pride and know that you are an amazing person.  However, don’t show off your pride.  This is not good because you look like a show off, and nobody likes a show off.  Keep the pride in you and know in your head, that you are great.

In elementary and middle school, I was a younger, ignorant boy and I didn’t realize that I was full of pride for myself and that may have hurt my personality in others minds.  I didn’t think closely enough about my flaws, but just focused on my great accomplishments.   People would have known me for my extreme pride in myself.  I don’t like that this may have been the case and now, since I have become more thoughtful about my personal image, I work on trying to change my excessive pride  Although my flaws usually stay with me and are hard to break off, I am willing to change myself for a better image.