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    %LIMITED AUTHORITY POWERS RESPONSIBILITIES NEED+971106
%ADDICTION CODEPENDENCE ARROGANCE SELFRIGHTEOUS SIN 971106
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                Case A                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                     
           It  is important to recognize the limited amounts  of                                                                     
      authority,  power,  responsibility and needs which fall to                 
      us  as  humans.     If  we act as  if  we  have  excessive                                            
      authority, power, responsibility and/or needs --- then our                 
      thoughts,  attitudes, emotions and behaviors are likely to                                                       
      be unbalanced, dishonest and disintegrative of persons and                                                                 
      communities.                                                                
                                                                                                                                     
           Presumptions  of excessive authority,   power  and/or                                             
      responsibility   are   likely   to  lead   to   arrogance,                                  
      pretentions,   self-righteousness,   and  busy-body  work.       
      Workaholics,  volunteer people-managers,  judgementalists,                                                                    
      legalists,   busy-bodies,  power-corrupt people and  their                                             
      like are likely to make such presumptions.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
           Presumptions  of excessive needs may lead to hording,                 
      dependency,     demanding   personalities,     conspicuous                                                                 
      consumption, etc.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                Case B                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                     
           It  is  also  important to recognize  the  authority,                                                                     
      power,  responsibilities and needs which  ARE IN FACT ours                 
      --- whatever their extent may be.  If we act as if we have                                                                     
      less  than  is  the case ---  we are again  likely  to  be                                                                     
      unbalanced,   dishonest and disintegrative of persons  and                                                                 
      communities;    but  in different ways than in  the  above      
      case.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                     
           We  may seek to pretend that we have less  authority,                                                                     
      power and responsibilities   than we have --- to evade our                                  
      responsibilities.  Such pretense is not the foundation for                                  
      wise  and  prudent  assumptions,  attitudes,  thinking  or                                                                     
      behaviors.                                                       
                                                                                                                                     
           We  may seek to pretend that we have less needs  than                 
      we   have ---  in dishonest efforts to pretend that we are                                                                  
      not   as  inter-dependent and/or not as  dependent  as  we                      
      really  are. Such  pretense is not the foundation for wise                                                                     
      and    prudent   assumptions,   attitudes,   thinking   or                                                                     
      behaviors.                                                       
                               (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
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