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 %TRULY APPROPRIATE CONTEXTS FOR AUTHENTIC INTIMACY 080208

Intimacies are Truly-Appropriate within  Special-Contexts,
but  not within every context.   Whether or not Intimacies
are Truly-Appropriate, depends upon the following kinds of
considerations.
                      Is the context?

 1.  Free of Domination of all kinds?
 2.  Free of Distributive-Injustice?
 3.  Free of Distractions and Demands?
 4.  Free of Deceptions and Pretentions?
 5.  Characterized by Mutuality-and-Balance?
 6.  Satisfactory to those seeking intimacy?
 7.  Truly a Sanctuary for intimacies?
 8.  An appropriate time in the relevant relationships?
 9.  An appropriate place in the relevant relationships?
10.  Otherwise relatively risk-free and stable?
11.  Appropriate for the particular kind(s) of intimacy?
12.  Appropriate for the particular level of intimacy?
13.  One with enough time, space and resources?
14.  One that encourages and facilitates honesty?
15.  One for facilitating/promoting Welcomed-Integrations?
16.  Appropriate in the lives of those who are involved?
17.  One for which those involved are informed and ready?
18.  One of being aware of vulnerabilities and risks?
19.  One of being willing to be prudently vulnerable?

     Be-Together in the Many-Gracious Ways of Shalom.

                         (c) 2008 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Honesty and Integrity"
                    (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy)

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