Recently while reading President Benson’s talk on pride, one of his statements struck me.
“Pride is competitive in nature... We are tempted daily to elevate ourselves above others and diminish them. (See Hel. 6:17;D&C 58:41.)The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others. In the words of C. S. Lewis: “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man. … It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone.” (Mere Christianity,New York: Macmillan, 1952, pp. 109–10.)”
President Benson then goes on to talk about the destructive nature of pride and competition. Sit back and think to yourself when was the last time that everyone was completely satisfied with the outcome of a competition.
