This is http://www.essayz.com/a9405111.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %TRAGIC EVENTS TRENDS PEOPLE RELATIONSHIPS CONTROL+940511 %COLLUDE ADDICT CODEPEND SUPPORT ATTACH CLING HOLD 940511 Tragic events, trends, people, and relationships make evident that integrative changes and growth are in order; but there is rarely consensus among all who are participants and/or victims as to just what kinds of changes and growth will be kind to all who are involved. Different people will most likely conceive (and perhaps realize) the tragic events in different ways, and so perceive them in different ways. Do tragic events, trends, people, and relationships make clear that attention and effort needs to be focused upon more, less, and/or different: ASSUMPTIONS ATTITUDES VALUES IDEALS GOALS BELIEFS CONTROLS PUNISHMENTS LAWS RULES REGULATIONS PROHIBITIONS PRESCRIPTIONS FORMULA FORMULATIONS TRUTHS DECEPTIONS COLLUSIONS ADDICTIONS CODEPENDENCIES GAMES COMPETITIONS COERCIONS PRISONS CONFUSIONS IGNORANCE REPRESSIONS SUPPRESSIONS TYRANTS ADDICTS ADMINISTRATORS LEADERS RELIGIONS DOCTRINES RITUALS TEACHINGS SCRIPTURES INJUSTICES FAILURES IMPERFECTIONS MISTAKES INTIMACIES SENSATIONS EMOTIONS AFFECTIONS TABOOS SEXUALITIES STYLES CLOTHING HOUSING FOOD MEDICINE PRAYERS TEACHING RESEARCH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY POWER HUMILITY SPIRIT BODY OBJECTS RELATIONSHIPS Different people are different in how they focus attention and energy upon different combinations of the above realities---with tragic and/or integrative consequences. We need to seek clarity regarding how decisions and actions are connected to tragedies and integration. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================