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     %THEORY DESIRE PERFECTION FAILURE CONVERSATION 880506

     Our    personal   and   communal   integrity   depend
significantly upon our theory regarding perfection.

     Some  people seek to be perfect in the sense of never
making  mistakes,   and  pretend  that  they  never   make
mistakes. They cannot  learn from their mistakes.

     Other  people  seek to be perfect in the  sense  that
they know all there is to be known,  and become  alienated
from others as pretentious people who "know it all".  They
do not know how other people feel and think.

     Other  people  seek to be perfect in the  sense  that
they   know   what  is evil,  and what  is   good;     and
become alienated  from others as pharisees and hypocrites.
They  do  not  know  evil as alienation,    or   good   as
authentic dialogue.

     Some  people seek to be perfect in the sense of never
failing;   they  are  unwilling to take  risks  and  never
willing   to learn from failures,   so they fail to  learn
some of the most important lessons of life.

     Human  potentials  are perfected  within  communities
which  are  characterized by both  personal  and  communal
integrity.  Such perfection has to do with open and honest
conversations,  dialogues, communication, listening,  etc.
Such  perfection   is not characterized by the absence  of
mistakes,     the   absence of failures or the absence  of
alienation.     It   is  characterized  by  learning  from
mistakes,    learning  from  failures,   and learning from
occasions of alienation.  Such  learning   involves   open
and   honest   conversations,   dialogues,   communication
and listening.

     Perfection  in  the sense of  personal  and  communal
integrity  is  much  to be  desired,   and  desiring  such
perfection  does  not  tend  to  lead  to  alienation   or
ignorance.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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