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%DEDICATION TO INTEGRATION 851008
There are some goals to which we may dedicate
ourselves and then be totally frustrated by others and
prevented from fulfilling our dedication. To fulfill some
goals requires the accomplishment of the goal,
consummating some achievement. To fulfill a dedication to
become a millionaire one must become a millionaire; not
merely keep hoping and trying. To become the most popular
student in school one must actually do so, not merely
strive for popularity. A dedication to becoming all
knowing is not fulfilled unless you know more than each
other person knows. A dedication to such goals can easily
be frustrated by circumstances which are not under the
control of the dedicated individual.
There are appropriately transcendent goals to which
we may become dedicated and factors beyond our control can
not totally frustrate our dedication. All appropriately
transcendent ideals are of such a character. It makes not
sense to ultimately commit yourself to an ideal which can
be totally frustrated by factors beyond your control.
Life can not make sense in the face of such frustrations.
Ultimate commitments should ultimately help us make sense
of life even in the face of ultimate frustrations.
It is appropriate to be ultimately committed to
facilitate the development of both personal and communal
integrity by sacrificial work to facilitate dialogue among
differing people so that they can meaningfully integrate
their differing perceptions, hopes, aspirations,
fantasies, desires, emotions, ideals, etc. into a coherent
whole. The dedication is appropriately to contributing to
the process, not to achieving ultimate success. Others
can not prevent one from making integrative contributions.
The fruits which such contributions may bear may be beyond
our control and we can still manage to make meaningful
contributions to facilitating personal and communal
integrity. "Success" is not the criteria for fulfillment.
Fulfillment can come from being faithful to the
commitment. Such is not always the case in the instance
of commitments to less transcendent goals.
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