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%TRUE LOVERS YOUNG PEOPLE DESIRING CHART COURSE GOD 071107
  %BEING TOGETHER NEIGHBORLY HOSPITALITY GENEROSITY 071107
 %MANY GRACIOUS WAYS SHALOM EXPOSE WISELY PRUDENTLY 071107
%BOUNDARIES TERRITORIES TROUBLED WATERS STORMY SEAS 071107
           %MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE COVENANTS COOPERATE 071107
%HEALTHY RESPONSES ALIENATIVE DOMINEERING BEHAVIORS 071107

People  who  desire  to move in the  direction  of  Being-
Together  in  the  Many-Gracious-Ways of  Shalom  need  to
explore  in  Initially-Tentative-Ways how  they  can  most
Comfortably-and-Safely    Cooperate   in    Gradually-and-
Prudently:

 1.  Becoming  clearer about their respective motivations,
desires,  hopes, aspirations; fears,  anxieties,  cautions
and boundaries.

 2.  Sharing their respective senses of what it is like to
be   involved  in  Domineering-Relationships-of-Alienation
versus Healthy-Relationships of Integration/Hospitality.

 3.  Sharing  their  visions  of how they can covenant  in
Mutually-Agreeable-Ways to deal with the:   risks,   joys,
challenges, costs and benefits of their journey together.

 4.  Developing  their  own  healthy  style  of  resolving
Differences-and-Conflicts  PERTAINING  TO  their  own  and
others':  ideals,  values,   principles,   goals,   hopes,
aspirations, plans,  intimacies,   friendships,   privacy,
balance, mutuality, rights, duties, responsibilities, etc.

 5.  Developing  their  own  healthy  style  of  resolving
Differences-and-Conflicts  PERTAINING TO their own BUDGET-
PRIORITIES  related  to the time,  money,   and  attention
devoted   to:    paid-work,   house-chores,    child-care,
education,  entertainment,    relaxation,     vacationing,
charity, volunteering, saving, investing, etc.

 6.  Developing  Common-Understandings about what are many
Essential-Virtues  and many Intolerable-Vices  ---   which
endure:

     Honesty                Misleading-Behaviors
     Humility               Arrogance
     Generosity             Greed
     Hospitality            Exclusivity
     Sharing                Hoarding
     Authenticity           Pretentiousness
     Transparency           Opaqueness
     Sympathy-and-Empathy   Insensitive-Indifference
     Prudent-Tolerance      Domineering-Demands
     Prudent-Boundaries     Demanding-Exact-Conformity
     Gracious-Inclusivity   Unhealthy-Exclusivity
     Reconciliations        Excommunications
     Loving-Forgiveness     Demanding-Revenge
     Healing-Care           Sickening-Alienation
     Peacemaking            Militarism
     Conflict-Resolution    Unilateral-Attacks
     Prudent-Persistence    Impatient-Demands
     Robust-Tenacity        Unilateral-Terrorism

 7.  Developing   Common-Understandings  about   tolerable
ranges of diversity related to:

     Genetic-Heritages through DNR and RNA.
     Ethnic, Cultural, Racial and National Heritages.
     Levels and Kinds of Education.
     Kinds and Levels of Creativity.
     The trials and tribulations of past wars/conflicts.
     The trials and tribulations of past victimizations.
     Adjusting to  Uncontrollable-Environmental-Changes.
     Dealing with  Uncontrollable-Communal-Conflicts.

 8.  Developing  Common-Understandings about  Intolerable-
Extremism  in Domineering-People's attempts  to  eliminate
and/or control the above Tolerable-Ranges-of-Diversity ---
and  Common-Understanding  about how to  respond  to  such
Extremism in ways which Actually-Mitigate-Extremism!

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

                         (c) 2007 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Honesty and Integrity"
                    (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy)

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