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%REMEMBER TALK DIALOGUE COMMUNICATE COMMUNITY 950221

     We  cannot  give  equal attention and  honor  to  all
truths;  for we are finite creatures.   If we pretend that
we   can   give equal attention and honor to all   truths,
we thereby neglect the truth that we are finite creatures.

     To  promote  both personal and communal integrity  we
must deal with the dilemmas attendant to our being  finite
creatures  and deal honestly with the fact that we  cannot
give  equal  attention and honor to all truths.   We  must
give more honor and attention to some truths than to other
truths; as warranted by the present circumstances.

     In the presence of an accumulating flood of truths we
must develop ways in which to focus our attention upon the
truths   which   are  most  relevant  to  our   particular
circumstances  at each moment in our lives.   It is  often
not  how true,  wonderful and sophisticated a truth may be
which is most important.  It is often how relevant, timely
and practical a truth is which is most important.  Quantum
mechanics  is not very relevant to fixing the breaks of  a
car.  The skills of a neurosurgen are not very relevant to
saving  the  life  of someone who  has  stopped  breathing
because of  drowning.   Vector calculus  is  not  relevant
to balancing a check book.

     Often  it  is not more truths or  more  sophisticated
truths  which we need.   It is bringing  available  truths
into   the  presence  of  situations  of  need  which   is
important;   and knowing  when  to let go of truths  which
are  not  relevant and  are  not likely to be relevant  in
ways  which  justify any present attention being given  to
them.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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