Pride....

Pride is one of those things that I feel that a person walks a fine line on. A person needs to take pride in work, school and even their family. However, we should not be boastful.

When you interview for a job you should be boastful even though we are taught not to be. However, in society more and more people are becoming very prideful with themselves.

I really liked how President Ezra Taft Benson states in his talk “Beware of Pride:” “Pride is a very misunderstood sin… most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart, or core, is still missing…. The central feature of pride is enmity….Enmity means ‘hatred toward, hostility to, or state of opposition.’”

In our relationships we need to make sure that we do not hold enmity or being prideful towards others. I know this is super hard. I have a brother in law who has not treated my sister or his children very well. I hold a lot of hate towards him. Which is not good. I have to check myself and ask who I am to judge another.

Within this last year I have tried to make it a goal to not be prideful towards other. I found myself judging others for silly mistakes that I have done myself. Would I admit it to them no? However, I found that I was not a happy person and that was bugging me.

I am so thankful for this change of heart. I have seen how it has imporved my relationships with my family and others. I have found myself thinking how can I help that person overcome what they are doing that might be bugging me or finding out why they are doing what they are doing that is bugging me.