We all like to think that we are good people, but the only way you can validate that is to see what makes you bad. For example, I typically think that just because I’m an empathetic person- because I cry out of joy and sadness for other people, that I can empathize for a pencil or an ant- that I’m a good person. But I also have a capitalist way of thinking. I think that if someone doesn’t earn reward, they don’t “deserve” it. First of all, why should I care? It’s not bothering me or affecting my life. It’s simply benefitting someone else. Shouldn’t I feel happy for them? I’m not their teacher, where I have the duty to tell them they need to earn something to deserve it. Why can’t I celebrate them? I’ll refuse to see things in another perspective, because I think my way is right; leading to later reflection and understanding that perhaps I really wasn’t. When I reflect on my bad qualities, I realize that I create wasted time for myself, putting quarters into lottery machines of negativity. I guess my lesson to myself here is, validate your revelations (positive or negative) by creating an option for a realistic denial of existence.