This is http://www.essayz.com/b0804101.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.} ========================================================== Click on WELCOME for a quick tour of essayz.com ========================================================== %IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC HEALTHY INTIMATE RELATION 080410 %MUTUALLY ENJOYED TRUE LOVERS BEING TOGETHER WAYS 080410 %GRACIOUS SHALOM RISKS MANAGE BALANCED TRUE VIRTUES 080410 The following numbered texts POINT-TO important characteristics of Healthy-Intimate-Relationships which are Mutually-Enjoyed by True-Lovers Being-Together within the Many-Gracious-Ways-of-Shalom: 1. Knowing-Reliably about the risks associated with each kind of Intimate-Relationship --- and how to Manage-Those- Risks in Balanced-Ways with Gracious-Mutual: Joy, Humor, Generosity, Consideration, Sensitivity, Empathy and Sympathy. Included are the RISKS OF: (a) Domination and Being-in-Control of Power/Wealth; (b) Being Passive, Submissive, Resigned, Indifferent; (c) Alienation, Exclusivity, Rejection, Denial, (d) Excommunication, Banishment, Isolation, Being-Alone, (e) Sexuality, Pregnancy, Diseases, Including-Addictions, (f) Ignorance, Confusion, Prejudice, Certainty, Pride; (g) Unilateral-Success and Invulnerability, (h) Equating Security with Invulnerability, (i) Relying on threats, attacks, violence, etc. 2. Knowing-Reliably how and why the following words point to essential aspects of True-Virtues within Healthy- Intimate-Relationships: (a) Cooperation, and Collaboration, (b) Generosity and Hospitality, (c) Integrations, Integrities, and Authenticity, (d) Sensitivity, Empathy and Sympathy, (e) Tolerance, Balance, and Flexibility, (f) Imagination, Envisioning, Dreaming and Creativity, (g) Exploration and Evaluations of Experiences, (h) Recognizing, Acknowledging & Learning from Mistakes, (i) Tracing Tragedies back to Simplistic-Idealism, etc. The above are IN-CONTRAST-TO Vices and False-Virtues! 3. Knowing-Reliably how and why the above point to the futility of Unilaterally-Trying to Avoid-or-Manage the risk which are entailed in Healthy-Humane-Relationships of all kinds. 4. Knowing-Reliably the Risks which are present within each kind of Un-Healthy-Relationship and how to Cooperate in Balanced ways to Mitigate-Those-Risks and Mitigate-the- Alienation which flows from Unknowingly-Stumbling Into such Un-Healthy-Relationships. 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) ========================================================== Click on WELCOME for a quick tour of essayz.com ==========================================================