“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 toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen. Enmity means “hatred toward, hostility to, or a state of opposition.” It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us. Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We put our will against God’s. When we direct our pride toward God, it is in the spirit of “my will and not thine be done.” As Paul said, they “seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.” (Philip. 2:21.)” (Beware of Pride, Ezra Taft Benson)

I really liked this quote on pride I think it really sums up the true definition of pride. I think it helps break it down a little for us. I think sometimes the word pride can be hard to understand we may think its only one thing. but as you can read Elder Benson shows how pride has many other traits.

I think pride is something that can be very difficult to overcome. I think I have seen pride ruin many relationships. There have been many times when someone’s pride is greater than what their willing to give up or fight for in a relationship. I think many great things are ruined over pride.

I think its hard to hear your mistakes or what you can change. I think as a spouse we need to be very careful when we share these things. We need to make sure it isn’t in the heat of the moment. That we really take the time to hear the concerns of the other person to create a better plan. It shouldn’t be to hurt the person its for both of your growth. I think sometimes we can get overwhelmed and get angry and don’t want to listen. But I know if we slow down and remember their doing this because they love us there wont be any contention or hopefully less then there could have been.