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  %BEING RIGHT CORRECT PERFECT IDEAL VALUE CONFLICT 910513

     It is  not enough to be correct,   right  or  perfect
according to our own set of ideals and values.   It is not
enough to be correct,  right,  or perfect according to the
set of ideals and values of our associates and friends; or
of our organization, city, state, nation, or religion.  In
each such instance we may be right and be destroyed by our
conflicts  with others who do not agree with ut;  just  as
they  may  be  right by their own standards,   ideals  and
values---and be destroyed by their conflicts with us.

     We must be more than right, more than correct,   more
than perfect in our own eyes.   We must be skilled in  the
art  of  conflict resolution,  else we will  destroy  each
other  in the process of trying to defend our own  ideals,
values and standards.  In such destruction we will destroy
our own ideals, values and standards.

     Ideals, values and standards which lead those  people
who embody them to destroy themselves---are ideals, values
and  standards  which will not survive because  they  have
little survival value.

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