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  %DOMINATION SYSTEM CALLING RESPONSIBILITY LIMITED+030401
 %TIME ENERGY RESOURCES MONEY OPPORTUNITIES ABILITY+030401
%ABSOLUTE TRUTH PARTICULAR GIFTS TALENTS BACKGROUND+030401
 %SITUATION DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMPLEMENTARY POSSIBLE+030401
 %FUTURE INVESTMENT DIVIDENDS DUTY MUST SHOULD EVIL+030401
 %NEGLECT MISS LACK FAILURE EVADE FALLEN ORIGIN SIN 030401

     Often  people  talk about what we should do;   as  if
they,   the  people talking to us,  know in some  absolute
sense  what  we  should  do  because  of  some  presumably
transcendent  commandments about what people should do (or
NOT/DO)     ---   without  giving  consideration  to   the
particular:   gifts,   abilities,   talents,   background,
education,  desires, opportunities  or  circumstances   of
each particular person.

     The  situation we most often face is that  there  are
many  different  ways  in which we might spend  our  time,
energy  and/or resources (now and/or in the future).    We
need to ask questions such as:

     1.  What am I particularly qualified to do, which
         perhaps others are not qualified to do?

     2.  What particular opportunity is present to me
         here and now, which calls for my response now?

     3.  What present opportunities am I NOT qualified
         to respond to in a helpful way?

     4.  Are other people present who are now more
         qualified to respond to present opportunities
         than I am?

     5.  Am I over-committed now and unable to respond
         responsibly to any more committments now or in
         the near future?

     6.  Am I taking prudent care of my own health and
         resources so that I can respond responsibly in
         the future?

     7.  Are domineering people working to coerce me to
         respond in ways which are not prudent, wise,
         and/or helpful -- except perhaps to "The
         Domination System".

     8.  Am I the victim of delusions of-grander-callings
         than I am qualified to respond to?

     9.  Am  I  getting  sucked into  collusive  games  of
         mutual self deception?

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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