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    %LIFE LOSS MEANING HOPE SATISFACTION LOVE FAITH 901206

     Life  may  lose  meaning,   hope,   satisfaction  and
vitality  for a variety of reasons;  included among  which
are these:

     1.  Taking too few risks because of paralyzing fears.

     2.  Taking  too  many  risks  in  a  frantic   search
for   excitement  in  the  absence  of  prudent  fear   of
consequences.

     3.  A    lonely   lack of  loving  other   people  in
personal relationships.

     4.  An  oppressive presence of  uninvited others much
of the time.

     5.  Falling into thoughtless repetitive, dull, boring
habitual actions.

     6.  Fear  of  authentic  spontaneity,   and  newness,
change, and growth.

     7.  Imprisonment   in  a list of compulsive  mandates
and prohibitions.

     8.  Following  a  mechanistic  system   of   required
procedures  to  try  to be  right,   proper,  respectable,
acceptable, etc.

     9.  A  turning  away  form  intimate   friendships an
relationships out of fear of the risks they include.

    10.  An absence of sexuality.

    11.  A compulsive preoccupation with sexuality.

    12.  Fixation    upon   any   object,       person,
relationships,  procedure,  technique,  or technology as a
fix for a real or imagined personal imperfection.

    13.  Obsessive  preoccupation  with  either  past   or
future  events/failures   to  the   exclusion   of   being
personally  present   in  the  eternal  now  of  authentic
meetings  with other persons.

    14.  Isolation   from  affection,    personal  respect
and support as a person.

    15.  Seeking perfection rather than dialogue.

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