This is http://www.essayz.com/b0704120.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.} ========================================================== %FREEDOM BEING SAFELY VULNERABLE CONVERSATIONS RISK 070412 %SANCTUARY OPEN HONEST DIALOGUE STRANGERS UNKNOWN 070412 %RELIABLE INDICATION HEALTH LARGE COMMUNITY TRUST 070412 A reliable indication of how healthy a large community is --- rests in the typical answers to the questions: "What fraction of the members of the community who are strangers to you --- are you willing to engage in an extended conversation about matters of some importance to you --- because you feel you CAN SAFELY TRUST THEM? How often do you actually engage in such conversations? "What faction of the members of the community who are stranger to you --- are you NOT willing to engage in an extended conversation about matter of some importance to you --- because you feel you CANNOT SAFELY TRUST THEM? How often do you deliberately avoid such conversations? Be Graciously-Together in the Many-Ways-of-Shalom. (c) 2006 by Paul A. Smith in "Search for Honesty and Integrity" (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================