I suppose writing a blog is a form of vanity, but this Ash Wednesday may allow the beginning of some such fun and games. In the film The Devil's Advocate, Satan (Al Pacino) claims that "vanity is his favourite sin". As it is mine too (together with greed and lust), perhaps exposing this vanity might help reduce my addiction. On the other hand a poet wrote:
‘Once in fit of passion,
I cried with fervent grief,
“O Lord, my soul is sunk in sin,
Of sinners I’m the chief.”
Then came my Guardian Angel
And whispered from behind,
“Vanity my little man,
You’re nothing of the kind.”
Let us see what happens in the future.
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