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            %RATIONALIZATION OF FEARFUL CONCLUSIONS 861219

     In  the  absence  of genuine  security  people  often
thoughtlessly  arrive  at  fearful  conclusions.    Logic,
reasoning and information may have relatively little to do
with   the   conclusions---which  are   after   the   fact
rationalized.  Insecurity, fear, anxiety, alienation, lack
of  dialogue,   the  absence  of  reliable  communication,
ignorance,     etc.---may   have  much  to  do  with   the
conviction    that    the   conclusions    are    correct.
Rationalization  is then a  tool used to prop up  the  low
self  esteem of those  with the  conclusive   convictions.
Evidence  may  be  carefully selected  and   inter-related
with  clever logic to  support the  fearful   conclusions.
Yet  the  arrival   at   the conclusions  were   motivated
and directed by fear  in  the absence  of  security;   not
by  evidence  and  reason in  the absence  of  threats  to
personal  and  communal  integrity.    To  avoid   fearful
conclusions  and  the  tragic  decisions  and  actions  to
which they lead---all members of a community need to  work
to promote both personal and communal integrity,  so  that
all members may be secure with integrity.

     Real security begins in a loving home where  children
are  free  to  be vulnerable,   continues  in  educational
institutions where students are free to be open and honest
so  that they can learn from their mistakes in  fail  safe
contexts,  and matures in communities whose unity  depends
upon intimate dialogue which is encouraged and enabled  by
the  personal and communal integrity of all members of the
community.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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