I did feel pride in that I memorized the list. It was a nice list of traits, and sometimes I would even do those things. Reverent was a special case. Think about it. I could picture myself being obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, etc,. They were all traits requiring some kind of executable and observable behaviors, but I had a hard time picturing myself being reverent.
clean = washing with soap
brave = taking on a bigger kid
thrifty = not buying something I didn't need
cheerful = looking happy and laughing
etc.
But what does it look like to be reverent? Praying? Sure I prayed, but was that the same thing as being reverent, or was it just begging? I came up with a visual picture of myself looking serious and stubbornly not saying anything. That was the image for "Reverent" that always came to mind as I tried to internalize the traits.
Does that make sense? I tend to visualize things I learn, so there's usually an associated image, but the one for "Reverent" seemed kind of weak and could be interpreted in any number of ways as being something else entirely. There was a vagueness about it.