" Seven Deadly Sins according to the Old Wives" # 2

People have asked me "What do you hope to do by writing a BLOG ?"- Let me tell a little story to help answer that question;

 One day a man was walking along the shore, as he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day and he began to walk faster to catch up.
As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man, and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something, and very gently throwing it into the ocean.
He called out, “Good morning, what are you doing?”
The young man paused, looked up and replied, “Throwing starfish into the ocean.”
“I guess I should have asked: WHY are you throwing starfish in the ocean?”
“The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them then they’ll die.”
“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. There must be thousands of them on this beach alone. You can’t possibly hope to make a difference!”
The young man listened politely, then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, “To THAT one, it made a difference.”

If I can get someone to smile, be encouraging, share some information or stimulate the thinking process, I have "thrown one back". I LOVE STARFISH.
    To continue talking about the "Seven Deadly Sins" I believe they overlap and inter connect in a way in which, if you are guilty of one you are involved in all of them. I know that all of us, as humans have a little of each of these as part of our "personalities". The problem becomes toxic when our whole being and purpose is driven and controlled by one of these "SINS".
     The Second one of the accepted list is GREED which is defined generally as-an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth. Greed can manifest it's self in many ways we may not realize such as, disloyalty,  betrayal, especially for personal gain, or through bribery . Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by greed. We need to teach and be taught to be satisfied with what we have, that is not to say we should not attempt to improve our selves or obtain the things we need or even want, but to do so at the expensive of others is unacceptable.
     One of my "pet peeves" is the person who constantly says things such as "when I get some money I am going to..." or "I wish I had ......." and "when I can get........I'll be happy". I think these people keep themselves in a constant state of depression or at least unsatisfied, I know it depresses me when I hear it !
     Most violent crimes are born out of greed,; more money, more dope, more power-the OVERWHELMING desire to have something or someone they could or should not have, and in most cases do not NEED.
     When I have expressed my frustration with people who are constant "I WANT"S" I have been reminded that at one time, from a financial stand point I could and often did obtain almost anything I wanted. I was fortunate in business and was blessed. But with every blessing there can come a "curse", with out being consciously aware I began to act as if I could "buy" people as well. Many people in my family and some friends were adversely effected by my actions. My GREED manifested in an unusual way, while not necessarily acquiring "things" for my self I began to spend money and buy things for others; cars, vacations, houses and gifts of all kinds. I had people point out to me that some of my actions were "over the top" but I had become blind to my GREED for acceptance, love and power and position.
     This behavior became obsessive and resulted in Moral, Financial and Spiritual bankruptcy. It has only been through some counseling and a great deal of self reflection that I am aware of the COST of GREED.
As we will continue to see all of these "SINS" are or can be interconnected.

Today I can no longer "buy" people or many "things",but I can and do share what I have and have learned that most things or people of 

VALUE are PRICELESS.