I seem to be confronted with at least one of the 7 deadly sins on a daily basis. Wait a sec... who am I kidding? More like an hourly basis. Doesn't everyone? Anyone who denies this is living in La La Land (and is committing one of the 7 deadly sins - i.e. Pride). Gotcha.
Let me give an example of how easy is to intellectually and physically commit all of the 7 deadly sins in a matter of minutes:
I meet my friend for dinner at a local sushi bar. It's a friend I don't even like, but she owes me money so I may as well go. Greed. Starved from a rough days' work, I gorge into an enormous plate of deliciously fattening roles - you know, the ones with tempura and cream cheese (the Americanized roles). Glutton. I then transcend into a food coma where I contemplate how wrong that was to overindulge, when I peer across the table to see my stick thin 'friend' eating edamame. Envy. The more I think the more irritable I become. Anger. But I keep eating my deep fried shrimp anyways because even though I'm eating her under the table I'll run circles around her at the gym tomorrow. Pride. I mean, I wouldn't get this upset if it weren't for the fact that I'm approaching my mid-twenties and I'm on the prowl for some sexy man to call mine, and no sexy many wants cellulite and flabby arms! Lust. But we can worry about that tomorrow - it's 9 o'clock by the time I leave; Dateline and my couch are calling my name. Sloth.
When I write it out it truly does sound a little horrible, actually. But let's be real. I can't deny that I've pulled some sort of chain of events like this more than once in my life... okay fine, more than once this week.
It's a wonder that I've yet to be damned.
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