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    %PEACE SERENITY GUILT PERMISSION RESPONSIBILITY 880424

     Some  people  feel guilty upon enjoying any peace  or
serenity  while  other  people have any tribulations. Such
people  feel a responsibility to respond to  all  people's
needs   and   tribulations,    and   do   not   feel   any
responsibility to be  at  peace and serene.    They do not
view serenity  and being  at peace as an essential part of
a life of integrity.   They  do not   pray  for  integrity
in   a   serene  way  which   is  characterized  by peace.
They  feel that they must  first earn the right to  be  at
peace   with themselves,    earn the  right to    serenity
through  the  stress of good works and the  accomplishment
of   all possible problem solving.

     It  is  dangerous to assume responsibility for  other
people's  peace and serenity.   It is dangerous to  assume
that  it  is  our  responsibility to solve  all  of  other
people's  problems before we can enjoy peace and  serenity
ourselves.    The way to help other people enjoy peace and
serenity  includes us being at peace and serene ourselves.
If   we  are  not  at peace and  serene   ourselves,    we
are  troubled,    and we likely to be a trouble  to  other
people  who are disturbed  by our being agitated.   We may
be agitated and agitate them in attempting to  solve their
problems for them.

     In  trying to solve other people's problems for  them
we  may  destroy their peace and serenity.   They may  not
appreciate  our efforts to solve their problems.   We  may
violate  their rights in our attempts to be helpful.    We
may  violate their privacy.   We may force ourselves  upon
them,    when  they do not want to be  helped.     We  may
assume  that   they   desire  for   themselves,   what  we
desire   for ourselves and/or them;  and be wrong in  that
assumption.

     Some people seem unable to be at peace until they are
in  full  control  of all circumstances that they  can  be
aware  of.    They believe that the essence of  peace  and
serenity is being in control.  Such people destroy much in
their  effort to achieve peace for themselves.   In  their
efforts to be in control they violate many people's rights
through many coercive (and often violent) acts.

     The   way   to   peace   involves   fulfilling    the
responsibility to be serene and at peace on the way.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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