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7 Deadly Sins

We all fall short

Natalie Jeanne Maddy
6 min readJul 17, 2021

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“The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot take two steps without turning around to inspect your footsteps, you are getting nowhere fast.”
Corey Taylor

(1) vainglory or pride

: inordinate pride in oneself or one’s achievements; excessive vanity

You care so much for yourself, disregarding all other beings as less than to your superior self, who is worth more time than anyone else’s. You can’t help but to be selfish, for you love (if you can even appropriately use the word love here) yourself and only yourself.

But how can you love yourself if you don’t know the true you, for it’s veiled by this thing called pride?

(2) greed or covetousness

: intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food

You wreck people’s lives to get ahead in your career and life and social status, because you have such a hunger for more, more, more. You never…

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Natalie Jeanne Maddy
Natalie Jeanne Maddy

Written by Natalie Jeanne Maddy

I try to rouse others to find their truths by writing about my own!💋Yoga, meditation, and aromatherapy teacher. Author of 5 books — thriller, healing, poetry.

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