Step 8

Make a written list of all persons you have harmed and become willing to make restitution to them.

First of all, it is comforting that at this point we are only asked to “become willing” to make restitution to everyone we have wronged.

I was asked to teach the lesson during my ward’s Elders’ Quorum meeting last week.  They asked me to simply look through the reports from the last General Conference and find something that I felt prompted to share.  After reading several talks, a talk about pride, given by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, really spoke to me.  I happened to be visiting my wife’s family for the Thanksgiving holiday at the time, which is always an opportunity to exercise patience.  My personality is such that I find nearly everyone annoying somewhere/somehow.  Anyway, making my way through this talk really got me thinking about how pride manifests itself in my life.  On the surface, I don’t think of myself as a very prideful person—I’ve actually gone through periods of pretty intense self-hatred—but I’ve realized that I am actually filled with pride.

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I started this post over a month ago, but I never got around to posting it.  I think I was wanting to add more to this, but at this point I think this is best to simply leave as it is, and move forward.

Hopefully I can find the time and the motivation to be a bit more diligent around here.

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