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   %IMPROVE SELF ESTEEM UNHEALTHY DISHONEST COLLUDE 960617

     There  are  various  ways in  which  people  seek  to
improve their own self esteem:

     1.  Associate with people who are willing to exchange
dishonest praise.

     2.  Associate with  people  who  admire dysfunctional
patterns of assumptions, rationalizations, and behaviors.

     3.  Play  collusive  games of mutual  self  deception
with similar other people.

     4.  Over-work  to  achieve much in  outstanding  ways
which draw praise.

                       or

     5.  Acknowledge human limitations and work openly and
honestly with resources and abilities at hand.

     6.  Associate  with healthy people who are seeking to
promote personal and communal integrity.

     7.  Seek through meditation and prayer to discern the
fruits   of   traditional  and  non-traditional   beliefs,
convictions, ideas, ideals and values.

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