(The title of the photo above:  "I ain't got no bling," by Malik M.L. Williams.) 

A Flickr meme last year had people posting pictures expressing the theme of the seven deadly sins.  Here is photographer Williams' self-portrait and accompanying meditation:

I'm not trying to own the world.

Throughout this week, though, i noticed that i unconsciously left certain of the sins to the end: those that deal with acquisitiveness (envy, lust, greed). I have to wonder if there's some significance there. I also want to note that i've used this week's "Seven Deadly Sins" mini-challenge to focus on the better angels of my nature.

These are not my sins, not because i'm not capable of them or because i don't sometimes slip into them, but because i don't claim them. I don't let them rule me. I choose more for myself.