I have been trying to be a little more humble and it has been pretty hard. I think that I have developed quite a hard head because it sure is hard to change. I have been trying to change. I have been trying to look for the good in people more than the bad. However I still have a way to go, quite a way.
The other night we were sitting at a table eating dinner. There were two new missionaries eating. The one seemed like he wasn't paying attention and our district leader was really being nice. He was staring kind of out into space. He also had a tape recorder slung around his shoulder. "Boy," I thought, "Does he have a lot to learn." (Tape recorders are not allowed to be used at the MTC.) Well, I had pulled myself above this guy pretty good. I felt that I was superior. When they got up to leave, the one elder that I didn't think too much of picked up his tray and walked into a guy who was sitting at another table. He was blind! I couldn't believe it. He didn't feel sorry for himself, he didn't even ask his companion for help even though everything was new in his surroundings.
Well by this time I felt like putting my head under the table. To think of the courage and faith that this elder must have. He probably had to beg and plead for the opportunity to serve the Lord.
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