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  %BALANCE COMPROMISE PRINCIPLES IDEALS VALUES GOOD 980506                                         
                                                                                                                               
     Often  people  think/feel that it is always wrong  to      
compromise their principles,  ideals and/or values.   What                                         
can  they do when they discover that there  are  conflicts                                              
between/among their own high personal principles,  ideals,                   
and  values?     How  then are they to  maintain  internal                      
personal balance?    How can they resolve  their  internal                      
conflicts without "compromise"?                                              
                                                                                                                               
     This   dilemma  confronts  us  as  regards  our   own                   
individual  principles,   ideals and/or values;    and  as                                         
regards those  of our: family,  tribe,   church,   school,                                 
business, city, county, state, and nation.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                               
     If  we are not clear about the importance of  balance                                                                     
and conflict-resolution;  and think/feel that it is always      
wrong to compromise --- we are doomed to eternal conflict,                                              
violence and disintegration --- for as long as we live ---           
because of our internal  conflicts.    We cannot live with                      
integrity  if  we are not clear about  the  importance  of                                                                   
balance and conflict-resolution.                                              
                                                                                                                               
     If we regard any one ideal,  value, goal,  principle,               
idea, attitude, assumption, prejudice or idol as  absolute                                                                     
--- and never to be compromised/complimented  --- then  we                                                                     
cannot correct for mistakes made in its formulation and/or                                                                     
our commitment to our one exclusive god.                       
                                                                                                                               
     People who do not value balance, conflict-resolution,                                              
and  open/honest  dialogue between  complementary  ideals,                                         
values,    goals,   principles,   ideas,   attitudes   and                                                 
assumptions  ---  are likely to be fragmentive  extremists                                                                     
who  accept  coercion  and violence  as  normal  operating         
procedures  in human relationships.    They are likely  to              
lead others  into personal and communal  disintegration---  
and  we will do well to recognize,  describe and beware of                                                                     
them.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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