NGER
Anger is often our first reaction to the problems of others. Impatience with the faults of others is related to this.
Kindness means taking the tender approach, with patience and compassion.

REED
Not just about money, greed wants to get its "fair share" or more.
Generosity means letting others get the credit or praise. It is giving without having expectations of the other person.

NVY
Envy resents the good others receive or even might receive. Envy is almost indistinguishable from pride at times.
"Love is patient, love is kind..." Love actively seeks the good of others for their sake.

LUTTONY
Not just pertaining to food, but to entertainment and other goods, and even the company of others.
Faith and temperance accept the natural limits of pleasures and preserves this natural balance.

UST
Lust is the self-destructive drive for pleasure out of proportion to its worth.
Sex. power or image can be used well but they tend to go out of control.
Self control and self mastery prevent pleasure from killing the soul by suffocation.

RIDE
Pride and vanity are competitive. If someone else's pride bothers you, you have a lot of pride.
Seeing ourselves as we are and not comparing ourselves to others is humility.

LOTH
The other sins work together to deaden the spirit.
We first become slow to respond and then drift completely into the sleep of complacency.
Zeal is the energetic response of the heart to spiritual commands.