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    %OPEN HONEST DIALOGUE SHARE VULNERABLE RISK SIN+990126                                                                  
   %TRUST ADDICT CODEPENDENT SERVANT EXCLUSIVE EVIL+990126                       
 %PERSONAL COMMUNAL INTEGRITY COHERENCE BALANCE GOD 990126                                                                
                                                                                                                               
     It  is  risky  to be vulnerable in  open  and  honest                                                                  
dialogue ---  with others who are likely to take advantage                                                               
of our points of vulnerability.                                                            
                                                                                                                               
     It is risky to share our true emotions,  perceptions,        
feelings, desires,  hopes and aspirations ---  with others          
who  may be  looking  for  points  of vulnerability in our                                                            
creative, unconventional and non-conformal behaviors.            
                                                                                                                               
     It  is risky to let go of our successful patterns  of                                                            
managing our proper appearances of respectability --- when                                      
we are with people who  are  preoccupied  with  issues  of                                                                    
control, appearances  and respectability ---  for they are                                      
looking for cracks in our armor of invulnerability.                                                            
                                                                                                                               
     It  is  risky to trust people who have shown in  many               
small  and/or petty ways that they are looking  for points      
of vulnerability in others ---  so as to take advantage of                                                               
others  in competitions for being king of the  ant-hill or                                                             
mole-hill.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                               
     It  is risky to respect,  trust or support  in  power                                      
those  contentious people who  are  unbalanced  as regards                
ideals,  values,  principles and how they spend their time                                         
and  energies  ---   for they are  lacking  in  integrity,                                                                   
coherence and and honesty.                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
     It is not only what people have, value,  and do which                                                 
signals   whether   they  enjoy  personal   and   communal                                                                
integrity;   it  is just as much what people DO NOT  have,                                                                   
value,   and  do  ---  which signals  whether  they  enjoy                                                 
personal and communal integrity.    If they are  exclusive                       
in  their  affirmations  ---  they are likely NOT TO  HAVE                                                                     
AND/OR VALUE much  which  is  essential  to  personal  and                  
communal integrity.                                                                
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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