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  %SLAVE SOLDIER COMMANDER JUDGE STAGEHAND DIRECTOR+000712
     %WRITER READER PROFESSOR LECTURER FRIEND LOVER 000712
                                                          
     Often people attempt to cast each other into standard
roles suggested by words in the title lines above.    Such
people  then  expect  each  other  to  act-out  the  roles
assigned;   as  if  they  themselves were  authors  and/or
directors  of  some  dramatic production on the  state  of
life.   People who cast themselves in the role of director
do not expect their actors to write their own scripts,  to
extemporize, or to depart from the assigned script. Actors
are   to  present  themselves  as  having  their  assigned
persona,   not  as  themselves.    To be authentic  is  to
present  the assigned persona.   To do otherwise is to  be
in-authentic.   Faithful actors are owned; not themselves.
It   is   no  surprise  to  perceptive  people   who   are
authentically  themselves  ---  that people  who  are  not
authentically themselves are often engaged in  contentious
conflicts  over  their assignments of persona.  Under  the
described circumstances "life" is a contest between people
who  are  desperately trying to dominate each  other  more
successfully  than  the competitive "others"  are.  People
cannot imagine, much less can they fulfill, the ideal that
the  people who most merit respect,  honor and support ---
are  those people who most effectively help and  encourage
each  other in working together cooperatively ---  so that
all  people's   potentials  are fulfilled  in   meaningful
ways;   needs   met   in  balanced  ways;    and   desires
fulfilled  in mutually satisfactory ways.    Such a though
is unthinkable for domineering people!                    
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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