January 30th

I'm still in the Dominican Republic.  Physically I'm in Kansas City, Missouri.  Two statements resinated with me more than the rest in class today: the greatest character flaw is self, and the key to successful characters is humanity.  It seems to me that we place a lot of importance on self-esteem instead of others-esteem, and maybe thats why these two principles work.  We can connect with the character who has a flaw within himself, because we too have the same problem with self.  And vice versa, those who act in benevolence are characters we admire.  Maybe we should teach more others-esteem and have more successful characters in reality.