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       %AVOID REJECTION INTEGRITY COMMUNAL AUDIENCE 890707

     Humans  are communal creatures who are  fulfilled  in
communities  where  they are accepted as  participants  in
intimate relationships.

     Human  fulfillment  depends upon the enjoyment  of  a
balanced interplay between personal integrity and communal
integrity.

     To  maintain  our  own personal integrity we  need to
avoid    personal   rejection   from   intimate   communal
relationships.

     To  maintain our communal integrity we need to  avoid
the   breakdown  of  intimate  communications  within  our
communities and ourselves.

     Personal  rejection pertains to the breaking down  of
intimate  communications  which are essential to  personal
and communal integrity.

     How successful we  are  in maintaining integrity DOES
depend  upon  how  successful we are  in  wisely  choosing
integrative ideals and values.

How  successful  we are in maintaining integrity does  NOT
depend primarily upon knowledge,  skill,   sophistication,
technology,   dedication,  and sacrifice in the service of
the ideals and values which we have chosen to serve.

     If   we   compulsively try  to  avoid  rejection   by
people  who are serving disintegrative ideals and  values,
then we disintegrate.

     If    we  compulsively  try  to   preserve   communal
integrity by being in the service of disintegrative ideals
and values, then we disintegrate.

     Whether or not we disintegrate depends primarily upon
the character of the ideals and values which we choose  to
have lead our efforts to deal with dilemmas and problems.

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