We deny ourselves joy, our rightful inheritance. Meanwhile, the world needs us, just as we are. The saddest part is that in accepting the restrictions of the Seven Deadly Sins—subconsciously or not—we’ve trained ourselves to separate our true nature (our first nature, the essence of who we are) from how we act in the world. We sever ourselves from the deepest parts of our souls, the pulse of life that feels right, resonant, and, perhaps not ironically, a truer definition of good. We’ve become disconnected from our intuition, that inner knowing that many would identify as our connection to the
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