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%SKIN BOUNDARY OUTSIDE INSIDE ACCEPT REJECT THEY US 951102

     Our  skin  is the boundary between what is inside  us
and  what  is  outside  us.    To  maintain  our  personal
integrity  we  need  to be careful about what crosses  the
boundary called our skin.  We cannot survive if:

     1.  There is no traffic across the boundary,
     2.  The traffic across the boundary is unbalanced,
     3.  Poisons enter across the boundary,
     4.  Threatening micro-organisms cross the boundary,
     5.  Foods, air, or water entering are inadequate,
     6.  Waste products are held inside the boundary,
     7.  Physical/chemical violence damages the boundary.

     In a similar way there are boundaries which  surround
our families,  groups,  schools,   churches,  work-places,
organizations,  cities, counties,  nations and world.   In
each instance  communal  integrity  depends  upon   cross-
boundary traffic in  ways  which echo some aspects of  how
personal integrity depends upon  cross-boundary traffic in
human bodies.

     How cross-boundary traffic is regulated is important.
If  boundaries  are  not honored,  are  ignored,   or  are
violated integrity is bound to suffer.

     On the  other  hand,   if  cross-boundary  traffic is
excessively  inhibited  in  either  personal  or  communal
situations---disintegration can be the consequence.

     Exclusive groups often exclude from their fellowships
persons,   ideas,  perceptions,  insights and  information
which are essential to their  survival.   Exclusivity as a
preoccupation is  often misleading---for  exclusive people
rarely  are  very  clear  regarding  the  consequences  of
exclusivity  and  do not wisely choose what to exclude  or
for what  reasons.   Too often exclusive people are driven
and guided by fear---rather than by knowledge and wisdom.

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