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   %TRUST RISK SELF OTHER INTEGRATIVE IDEALS VALUES 920120

     Whom   is  it  safe  to  trust?    Powerful   people?
Impressive people?   Highly respected people?  Such people
a disintegative ideals and values.     If we do not know h
ow  to  recognize the difference between  integrative  and
disintegrative ideals and values;  then we cannot know how
to  tell the difference between people whom it is safe  to
trust and those whom it is not safe to trust.

     We should not favor powerful,  impressive and  highly
respected  people  with  our trust just because  of  those
qualities;   or because we want to court their  favor with
our trust.  Such trust is very risky and often dangerous.

     To  be  able to prudently distinguish between  people
who it is safe to trust and those whom it is not trust, we
need  to  work  on  becoming  clear on  the  ways in which
integrative  and disintegrative values/ideals lead  to  be
trustworthy   or  untrustworthy.    Sincerity  is  not   a
trustworthiness  in  and of itself;  especially  when  are
trapped   in  collusions.    Good  intentions  are  not  a
trustworthy   sign of a person being trustworthy.  need to
look  carefully  to see what ideals/values are  guiding  a
person's  behavior;   and  to  understand  whether   those
ideals/values  are  prone  to promote  integrative  and/or
disintegrative processes in us and in our communities.

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