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%LEVELS KINDS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS CONFORM HONEST 900905

     There   are   many  different   kinds   of   personal
relationships. They differ from each other with regards to
many different attributes such as:

     Levels    of   mutuality   as   regards:     desires,
powers, openness, initiatives, interests,  responsiveness,
responsibilities, benefits, contributions, etc.

     Levels of honesty as regards:  desires,  fear,  hope,
joy,   expectations,  mistakes,  regrets,   anticipations,
thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.

     Intensity   of   involvement  in   addictive   and/or
codependent:  attitudes,  thoughts, beliefs,  convictions,
values, ideals, expectations, exclusivity,  manipulations,
etc.

     Involvement   in  collusive  games  of  mutual   self
deception.

     The   degree  to which the personal  relationship  is
defined   by  conformal  expectations  of  the   community
context.

     The   degree   to which the personal relationship  is
defined   by  contractual understandings  and  agreements;
whether tacit or overt, covert or public.

     The   extent to which the personal relationship is  a
means  to other ends, or is its own justification.

     The   extent  to which the personal  relationship  is
defined    by  business,   professional,   organizational,
family,   religious,   or other considerations  which  are
external to the participants themselves.

     The  extent  to which the  participants  continue  to
reveal themselves to each other more and more fully as the
personal relationship matures,  and so discover themselves
more and more fully.

     The  extent  to  which the  personal relationship  is
public, private, or kept secret.

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