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 %CONTENTION EMBARRASS TRUTH COLLUDE ADDICTION LOVE 901219

     Daily we are confronted with embarrassing truths with
which  we  must  contend.    If we work to deal with  such
truths honestly  and openly,  we reduce the tension in our
lives.  If  we contend with such truths as our enemy,   we
increase  the  tension  in our lives,   because we  are in
contention with truths which we cannot honestly change.

     If we are  in contention with truths which  we do not
like,  we  are  with-tension  because within us and  there
is  a  battle  between [being persons  of  integrity  with
honesty],   and  [disintegrating into contentious parts of
our  selves which become alienated from each other.]

     The  more  successful  we  are  in   pretending  that
embarrassing  truths   can   be  ignored or  denied,   the
greater  is   our contention  with   the   ultimate  truth
that   our   apparent  successes   are the  fruits  of our
disintegrative  efforts.   Such   success leads  to  tense
moments when it appears  that our house of false cards may
collapse.   Tension  becomes  a constant  reality  in  our
lives,   and we cannot relax for  a moment.   Such tension
leads to disease because we are ill-at-ease. Our illnesses
often flow from our dishonesty.

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