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Rise Above It

Envy eats away your exterior...devours your heart and your soul... Pray try to rise above it Your friend's wife -- Do not covet!

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 6/28/2019 4:34:00 AM

Envy is such a sad choice for people; true enough!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/28/2019 10:17:00 AM

Envy, Lust, and (Pursuit of) Honor remove a person from the world...So say the venerable Sages of Old. They're right. :) gw

Shiraz Iqbal

Date: 6/27/2019 7:27:00 PM

Interesting one haha

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/27/2019 8:58:00 PM

OK, Shiraz. Thanks for the view and the viewpoint. ~ gw

Kurt Ravidas

Date: 6/27/2019 4:44:00 PM

Pretty sarcastic)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/27/2019 5:49:00 PM

Would you expect anything less than sarcasm from yours truly?! LOL. Maybe it's because I eat a lot of sardines. (I really do). They say you are what eat. Now I'm sardonic. (Groan). :) gw

Line Gauthier

Date: 6/27/2019 4:23:00 PM

Good advice, Gershon!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/27/2019 5:38:00 PM

Hey, lifted the last three words straight from the old Holy Book. Do not covet is, of course, the 10th commandment of the Decalogue (whatever that means, LOL. :) gw