Connection

 Some people work on personal perfection, but fail to work on connection.  Such people pretty much stay to themselves in trying for "improvement" such as a spiritual path.  They may be with others or live with others, but are really living more or less alone under the same roof.  Some monks can tend toward that.  It is somewhat hermit-like, though you are not living alone.  I think that personal perfection requires, for me anyway, a connection with others that touches the heart.  Connection challenges me to be forgiving, compassionate, non-judgmental, and a listener.  I could not become whole, alone.