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Envy: Doubt’s Most Unwelcomed Avatar

Envy: Doubt’s Most Unwelcomed Avatar

Why do we allow others to fill our braincase?

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Amy L Bernstein
Apr 09, 2024
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Envy dwells within me like a stubborn cluster of cancer cells resistant to treatment. It is the only one of the seven deadly sins that promises no fun whatsoever. I’d rather succumb to sloth or gluttony.

But alas, envy is the sin that routinely roils me.

In the interests of self-preservation (or sanity?) I must ask:

Is it f…

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