How greedy are we

If we look around in our world we think we can see the greed of others. But seldom do we think about our own greed. But how strange is that to think we can see the greed of others but not our own. Maybe that is because we think greed has to do with behavior others show towards us. While our own greed is not greed in our eyes because we understand why we show that behavior.

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Is greed a bad thing

Mankind has decided that there are seven behaviors that are to considered so bad, we should never show them. Those seven sins are even called deadly or mortal or cardinal sins. The seven sins are not necessarily bad, because if you take time to learn from them, these sins are great teachers. So what are those seven sins:

1. gluttony in the form of eating to much
2. greed (or avarice) the wish to hold on to material things to become rich
3. sloth meaning extreme laziness
4. pride in the meaning of finding yourself better than others
5. lust in wanting something
6. envy meaning that you want what others have
7. wrath in the meaning of being angry at others

If you look good at these seven sins you might see a pattern, they all have to do with excess.

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