The nine givens in life every person must deal with:
1. Mortal – to be mortal and thus at risk of death during every moment of life.
2. Fallible – To make all decisions on the basis of only partial knowledge thereby rendering myself fallible and constantly open to the risk of being wrong.
3. Addiction – to be susceptible to tolerance and addiction placing my self control at risk.
4. Disenable – To be susceptible to disease and genetic disadvantage, thereby jeopardizing the plans that I make for each new day.
5. At Risk – To be vulnerable to physical and mental impairment through accident, natural disaster, crime and the hazards of war.
6. Meaningless – To arrive in the world with no inborn meaning, thereby rendering a personal search necessary.
7. Bad Will – To carry within me a capacity for bad will towards others rendering me capable of inflicting harm on others.
8. Aloneness – To enter the world as a separate entity (nobody but myself) and to stand responsible for my personal “connectedness” and/or aloneness.
9. Pleasure – To be characterized by behavior that is constantly vulnerable to persuasion from pleasure and pain.
1. Mortal – to be mortal and thus at risk of death during every moment of life.
2. Fallible – To make all decisions on the basis of only partial knowledge thereby rendering myself fallible and constantly open to the risk of being wrong.
3. Addiction – to be susceptible to tolerance and addiction placing my self control at risk.
4. Disenable – To be susceptible to disease and genetic disadvantage, thereby jeopardizing the plans that I make for each new day.
5. At Risk – To be vulnerable to physical and mental impairment through accident, natural disaster, crime and the hazards of war.
6. Meaningless – To arrive in the world with no inborn meaning, thereby rendering a personal search necessary.
7. Bad Will – To carry within me a capacity for bad will towards others rendering me capable of inflicting harm on others.
8. Aloneness – To enter the world as a separate entity (nobody but myself) and to stand responsible for my personal “connectedness” and/or aloneness.
9. Pleasure – To be characterized by behavior that is constantly vulnerable to persuasion from pleasure and pain.
I do not do so well with numbers 6, 7, & 8. It is like I have to constantly remind myself that everyone is also dealing with these same things and has always had to deal with them.
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