They are too important in the overall picture. To remove them would be to remove a part of you that is intended to be an important sign post and signal. Your character defects, your weaknesses, are the other end of the same stick which is your strengths. It’s all on the same line of energy, just at separate ends. When you are heading into a DownSpiral, you will play to your character defects. When you are in an UpSpiral, you will have a greater tendency to play to your character strengths, especially if you know what they are. In fact, if you know what your character strengths are and you know that you need to stay in an UpSpiral to play to them, you will more than likely to do that. It’s just easier. Focus on your character defects and getting rid of them and they will grow. Worry that God hasn’t removed them and you get frustrated, irritated, and stuck. Shine the light on their opposites, which are your character strengths, and your character strengths will grow and grow and grow infinitely. In fact, they can grow to a “genius” level if you feed them and grow them over 20 years.