Pillars of character

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everyone thinks he wants a good character, but no one knows what good character is..

when asked of character, everyone replies, overused words like honesty and stuff..

while it so so much more than that..


let me give you an example..

ability :acceptance :altruism, :appreciation :assertiveness :attention, focus :autonomy :awareness :balance :beauty :benevolence :candor
:caring :caution :charity :chastity :cleanliness :commitment :compassion
:confidence :consciousness :consideration :contentment :cooperativeness
:courage :courteousness :creativity :curiosity :dependability :detachment
:determination :diligence :discernment :discipline :empathy :encouragement
:endurance :enthusiasm :egalitarianism :equanimity :equity :excellence :fairness
:faith :faithfulness, fidelity :fitness :flexibility :foresight :forgiveness :fortitude, strength :friendliness :generosity ;gentleness :happiness :health,
health-minded :helpfulness :honesty :honor :hopefulness :hospitality :humility
:humor :idealism :imagination :impartiality :independence :innocence :integrity
:intuition :inventiveness :joyfulness :justice :kindness :lovingness :loyalty
:mercy :moderation :modesty :morality :nonviolence :nurturing :obedience :openness
:optimism :patience :peacefulness :perseverance ;philanthropy :philomathy :piety
:potential :prudence :purity :purposefulness :resilience :rememberance
:respectfulness :reverence :responsibility (moral & social) :restraint :self-awareness ;self-confidence :self-discipline
:self-reliance :self-respect :sensitivity :service :sharing :sincerity
:spirituality :sympathy :tactfulness :temperance :tenacity :thankfulness
;thoughtfulness :tolerance :trustworthiness :truthfulness :understanding :unity :unselfishness :wisdom



and this is just the beginning....