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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistah J" data-source="post: 5011457" data-attributes="member: 29527">Hey everyone,Lots of people know the famous "7 Deadly Sins". They show up in lots of pop. culture these days: TV and movies, comic books, video games, and lots of RPGs as well. In fact, most folk could probably list them off - at least their current incarnation anyway.Their counterparts, usually known as the "7 holy virtues" or "7 saving graces", are a little more obscure. It's not just that they are newer but also because they are a little harder to pin down. There are more than a couple different variations on what they are exactly and I have found that, out of all of them, nothing is more difficult to describe as the opposite of envy.So I am curious as to what people think it should be. Envy itself is a little tricky to define but as a very basic premise I propose it means "feeling unhappy towards other people's fortune". That creates two possibilities for an opposite: "feeling happy towards other people's fortune" or "feeling happy with your own" - i.e being thankful for what you've got.Which do you feel is more accurate? What do you think makes the best opposite? Gratitude? Compassion? Empathy? Contentedness?I'm asking from a Gamer's standpoint primarily rather than a philosopher's - you know, the kind of thing that makes for good adventures and story-telling. I'm also asking out of curiosity since it is an interesting question in language.So please jump in and share your thoughts!PS: Since the 7 sins and 7 virtues do originate from a real-world religion, let's make sure we respect the ENWorld rules and keep this discussion civil and on-target. Thanks <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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