Email from National Center Is life only about you?   Word of the Week: Vanity   1 : inflated pride in oneself or one's appearance : conceit 2 : something that is vain, empty, or valueless. ~Merriam Webster Dictionary VANITY  "The next thing that hurts the Will, redirects the Will, redirects the Power of our being in a negative direction, is something called Vanity. Vanity is excessive pride in one’s appearance, one’s qualities, one’s abilities and/or one’s achievements. It is Conceit. Vanity can lead to Arrogance. And, of course, anything that is done with the spirit of Conceit lacks real value. In fact, it is hollow and worthless. And those of us who are self-conceited; who are overly concerned with ourselves and who see too much importance in ourselves in our relationships to others; our acts are shallow. Our words are hollow; they have no real value. Consequently, we are considered, in the Eyes of Allah (God), worthless." ~The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Self-Improvement: The Basis for Community Development "Anger does not permit us to see properly, Greed, Lust, Pride, Vanity, Envy, Hypocrisy; these are impediments to proper perception." ~STUDY GUIDE 12 – Letter From Minister Louis Farrakhan   National Center | 7351 South Stony Island Ave. | Chicago, IL 60649 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice