This is http://www.essayz.com/a9807232.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %STYLES KINDS TYPES RELATIONSHIPS EXCLUSIVE SELF+980723 %OTHER ALIENS DEVIL RIGHTEOUS ARROGANCE INTIMATE+980723 %COOPERATIVE CONTEST CONFLICT COERCIVE VIOLENT SIN+980723 %JUDGMENTAL BETTER BEST WINNER LOSER ENEMY GOODNESS 980723 The kinds of people with whom we are intimately associated --- flow from the kinds of relationships out of which we have come, and into which we have entered; e.g., 1. Exclusive coercive relationships within which participants focus upon agreements, conformity, controls, expectations, unity, loyalty, discipline; boundaries, defenses, protection, enemies, traitors, standards, qualifications, prerequisites, either/or, in/out, judgements, condemnations, rules, regulations, prescriptions and proscriptions. 2. Competitive relationships in keeping with formal and/or informal rules: of collusive games, transactions, contracts, business, politics, elections, war, mergers, etc. 3. Cooperative relationships focused upon increased mutual understanding, support, creativity, education, constructions, and friendship. 4. Intimate relationships in which participants truly become as one in dialogue --- even though not homogenized in: being, perceptions, experiences, thoughts, attitudes, conformity, or behaviors. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================