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  %GROUNDS HOPE INTEGRITY MEANING SIGNIFICANCE LOVE+970104
 %POWER CONTROL PERFECT SYSTEM ORDER CONFORMITY SIN 970104

     Various  people  in various times  and  circumstances
have  considered  the following kinds of factors  as  sure
grounds for hope:

     1.  The success of a violent revolution in
   overthrowing the forces of evil and evil people
   in power.

     2.  The leadership of a dynamic dominant man.

     3.  The advent of a new powerful technology in the
   hands of good people.

     4.  The development of a new form of government
    and/or economic system.

     5.  The perfection of a new legal, moral, ethical or
   professional code of conduct.

     6.  The development of new judicial procedures for
   the   dispensing  of  justice  fairly,   and   of
   punishing wrong-doers appropriately.

     7.  The enlargement of the police force and the
   proper training of officers to reduce crime and
   its effects.

     8.  The  redistribution  of wealth has  been  closely
   held by a few powerful people.

     9.  The promulgation of new religious doctrines.

     10.  The perfection of religious rituals to please
    the gods.

     11.  The return to traditional/fundamental ideals,
    values, codes, doctrines and/or rituals.

     12.  The advent of a messiah.

     13.  The discovery of new scientific truths.

     14.  The application of new scientific truths to
    solve human problems.

     15.  The discovery of new natural resources and their
    possible applications to satisfy human desires
    and needs.

     16.  The exploration of new lands, relationships and
    possibilities.

     17.  A new educational system and/or methodology.

     18.  The discovery of important ancient texts.

     19.  The teachings of a new prophet.

     20.  The intervention of God directly into human
    affairs.

     While  many  people have sincerely seen  grounds  for
hope in many of the above---they have often failed to give
any  consideration  to the importance of:    personal  and
communal integrity,  honesty,  personal  needs,   personal
desires, personal fulfillment and personal satisfaction---
as  other  considerations  which  are  also  important  as
balancing factors.

     No new grounds for hope will bear sweet fruit if they
are  exclusively  focused upon in ways  which  effectively
block all consideration of complementary grounds for hope.

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