For example: impatience, lust, anger, over eating, over spending, procrastination, sarcasm, heavy drinking, hypocracy, bigotry, on and on etc. How do you counteract these "human character flaws"? Be honest and vulnerable.
I struggle with time managment. I have too much time on my hands and procrastinate because I know I can do it tomorrow. I need the "I will do today what can be done today mentality"
2007-06-15 07:48:30 · 13 answers · asked by Kaliko 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sarcasm, definitely. I'm just not convinced, though, that it is always a bad thing. Some people just bring it out of me better than others, and more often than not, they deserve it. Anger is another issue for me. I have, at times (when I miss taking my Effexor) an explosive, almost homicidal range of anger within. That it's getting less with age is true, but the decrease is so minimal. I'm 45 and there are people in this town who would rather walk into an oncoming freight train than piss me off. When I'm not working, I tend to stay real close to the house. I really wish that God or someone would release me from this. Of course, I haven't actually asked for help from anyone, so procastination is probably another issue for me to deal with. See how good your question was? It helped me realize something that I was obviously overlooking concerning myself. You get a star.
2007-06-15 08:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by RIFF 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some of the things you have listed here could be signs of depression or alcoholism...etc....
I am part of 12 step program, AA that say that the 7 so called deadly sins are character defects. And the only way to get rid of these, is to first be willing to give them to your higher power, ask for them to be taken away, and then decide what you are going to replace it with.
I no longer struggle with the drink problem, by the grace of my higher power that obsession was lifted from me when i asked over 4 and 1/2 yrs ago.
I struggle with getting stuck in worry, impatience and anger. Anger, i have been told, is a secondary feeling. The root of the anger, is FEAR....
And the opposite of fear, is faith
I have also been told that procrastination is 'sloth' in 5 syllables.
Perhaps it would do you good to pray for the willingness to get things done and the discipline to actually carry through.
I don't know.
I could be wrong...after all, i am just a sobered up drunk. lol
I hope you find what it is you seek.
Blessed Be
2007-06-16 01:19:27 · answer #2 · answered by trinity 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All of the above. I'm human. I try to squelch the urges, which makes me moralistic. I'm also haunted by ghosts. I take time each day to assuage their contempt. I work very hard in the hopes that God will forgive me. I wash my hands. I pray.
2007-06-16 22:28:42 · answer #3 · answered by TD Euwaite? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Impatience, and irritability! I hate that I struggle with this...I pray about this all the time too....but it is a daily struggle it seems.
However if I did not have God in my life, I could be MUCH worse!
2007-06-15 14:55:36 · answer #4 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anger over helplessness. There have been issues in my life this last year that have caused me much anger and stress. It has been very hard to turn it over to God.
Peace be with you.
2007-06-15 16:48:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humility. And to help counteract it, I admit it to my confessor, and i admit it to myself. I pray about it a great deal, and I have seen some good fruit come of prayer.
2007-06-15 14:52:21 · answer #6 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I love to shop. I used to have quite the credit card debt. I decided to start paying them all off, and I only have one now and it's paid off monthy. I curb my shopping issue by not carrying my credit card with me unless I'm going out-of-town. Then I have my husband put it in his wallet for emergencies. He has to promise to not let me have it. lol
2007-06-15 14:52:55 · answer #7 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I enjoy beer. Is that a moral obstacle? Oh well.....down to the pub I go.
2007-06-15 14:53:29 · answer #8 · answered by Yogini 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sorry just got back from the pub chilling after a hard a days work mixing with real people and not cyber! your question was too long and I lost the will to live!......have a a good weekend any way
2007-06-15 14:50:57 · answer #9 · answered by turkeyhug 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It use to be seeing the wrong that people do in the world,, (learning to put it in Gods hands)..
2007-06-15 14:56:12 · answer #10 · answered by dolphinchic 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋