Oh my dear tortured soul Maslow. My God, how I have forsaken you.

This entire time I thought you were just an old pathetic fool. Believing the world could be a better place, that we all are searching for something more, a higher ground to save us from the rising waters of our own isolation and fraility. I see now that I was wrong.

For you see, you and I have more in common then one would realize. Sure my mother wasn't as crazy as yours and I haven't any siblings. However, I am sure that you can understand the weight of my solitude as an only child for you too must have felt lost and alone amongst a family of seven children. Also, my dear friend Abraham, my father has also pushed me toward law (of which I am interested but cannot find the place to fit it into my life), I, just as you did, failed my first year at a community college and have rebounded with above average marks. We both have had a strong inferiority complex that drove us to succeed in physical endeavors which, after having given up, turned to books and a path towards academia. I understand now Maslow, you have made a believer out of me.

However, I am not a true convert to your humanistic approach! Nay, like a horse, nay I say! Though there are those out there who strive for self-actualization there are a hundred times more of those who simply wish to get by. People, for the most part, want to remain in a state of equilibrium. The majority is not like you or I. The majority does not wish to dispell thier vices, contemplate the depths of infinity, or question the nature of God. They are not philosophers; they are not mental warriors pursuing the intellectual holy grail. They are content to stay hidden in the cave, seeking refuse in it's pitch dark hollows.

So it is here that we must part ways Abraham. I will always keep in touch for you and I are brothers now.