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    %HUMAN ASSIGN GIVE EVOLVE MEANING SYMBOL ACTION+960826
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     We are symbolic creatures. We give/assign meanings to
words,  phrases, rituals, actions, behaviors,  traditions,
etc.   The meanings evolve, change, undergo metamorphosis,
etc.   The meanings which are given/assigned by the sender
of a message may not be the same as the meanings perceived
or assigned by the receiver.  Different people give/assign
different  meanings  to  common human activities  such  as
eating  meals together,  making purchases,  selling goods,
work,  physical contact, physical intimacy, nudity, sexual
intimacy,   prayer,   etc.    Many  conflicts  pertain  to
contrasting meanings given/assigned/perceived.

     If  we are to be people and communities of  integrity
we need  to  work   toward   understanding   each  other's
given/assigned/perceived  meanings.   We are foolish if we
do  not work toward such understanding.

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