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%DECIDE FEW SERVE LIMITED ENERGY RESOURCE TIME LOVE 910512

     A person with a hundred gallons of water in a  desert
full  of  thousands of people dying of thirst; cannot save
all  the people.   Such a person must decide which few  to
try  to  give  the water to and how to  regard  their  own
inability to save all the people who are in need.

     We  may  be  able  to serve the  people  nearest  and
dearest  to  us,   or to serve those who are far  away  in
space  and/or time.    Our own limited resources and  time
prevent us from saving all people;   and an effort to save
more people than we  are here to save,  we may destroy our
selves  and  others in the process.   If we are  dishonest
about  our limitations our   dishonesty  and   limitations
will  lead to   tragic consequences  because  we will  not
deal wisely  with   our limitations.

     If we all spend all of our time and resources  trying
to  be  of service to those nearest to us in space  and/or
time,  we  may give to future generations a  narrowness of
vision which will lead them to be unable to take good care
of  themselves.    We may teach this generation to  be too
dependent upon us as mortals;   that is a dependency which
is not dependable in liberating ways.

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