Self-blindness - Purgatory XIII

Eyes Wide Shut: When Envy Gets You Stitched Up! 👁️🧵

Welcome to Purgatory's second terrace—the ultimate rehabilitation center for the green-eyed monsters! 💚 Here, souls sit along rocky walls with their eyes sewn shut with iron wire (talk about extreme makeover!)—the perfect cosmic irony for those who couldn't stop giving others the evil eye in life! These fashionably challenged penitents wear haircloth couture while huddling together like human dominoes, learning the hard way that supporting others beats bringing them down! 🧍‍♀️🧍‍♂️🧍

Meet Sapia of Siena, the OG hater who actually prayed for her own hometown's defeat and trash-talked God himself when it happened! 😱 While invisible voices boom examples of selfless love (Mary at Cana's wedding dropping that "they have no wine" hint—history's first subtle mom intervention!), our girl Sapia confesses how she climbed the Purgatory waitlist thanks to prayers from a holy man named Pier Pettinaio. Spiritual networking at its finest! ✨ Who knew that in the afterlife, it's not about who you know, but who's praying for you? 🙏

The moral of this terrifying terrace? Envy is just self-imposed blindness with extra steps! When we're busy counting others' blessings, we miss our own treasure chest of good fortune. 💰 These souls learn in the dark what they couldn't see in the light—that genuine joy comes from celebrating others' success, not wishing for their downfall. So next time that promotion goes to someone else, remember: the alternative could be spending eternity with your eyelids on lockdown! 🔒 #DivineComedy #LifeLessons #StitchedAndSalty