KEYS **** Habitual Moods-and-Attitudes can-be-distinct-from: Ideals Values Principles and Virtues. Habitual Moods-and-Attitudes can be pointed-to and/or suggested by words such as those following below: Cynical Joyful Happy Optimistic Hopeful Appreciative Pessimistic Thankful Critical Cheerful Gracious Grumpy Talkative Extroverted Introverted Sharing Picky Intimate Affectionate Giving Carefree Risky Thoughtful Casual Generous Hospitable Impatient Contentious Withdrawn Cautious Prudent Attentive Empathetic Sympathetic Sensitive Intuitive Systematic Formal Informal Careless ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Habitual Moods-and-Attitudes are NOT essentially: Rational, Thought-Driven, Calculative, Mission-Driven. Habitual Moods-and-Attitudes can live-lives-of-their-own - - - that are independent of and disconnected from rational thoughts about: Ideals, Values, Principles, Virtues, Ground-for-Hope, etc. There can be benefits in such States-of-Independence of Moods - - - but there are also risks in such states of independence of Habitual-Moods - - - when independence is mixed with forms of alienation-and-incoherence within the independent-realities; when the latter lack-overall-integrity-internally and/or in-their-manners- of-mutual-interdependence-with-others; in daily lives within: Families, Work-Places, Corporations, Churches, Mosques, Synagogues, Economies, Banks, Stock-Markets, International-Discourses, Travel, Trade, Conflicts, Alienations, Intimacies, Violence, Terrors, Wars and Collaborative-Efforts-to-Mitigate-Our-Own-Alienative- conflicts. There is Great-Danger when States-of-Independence of Moods are combined with Systemic: Ignorance, Prejudice, Provincialisms, Biases and Complicity in Distributive-Injustice. Moody-People who are Complicit-in-Related Alienative-Conflicts - - - will often have the Protection of Communication-Rights to express their Moods Openly-and-Publicly. They may reveal-their-frustrations with-not-enjoying-well, all-of-the Greedy-Benefits- and-Entitlements - - - to which they feel that they have Unquestionable-Rights. But such communications are not Long-Term-Sustainable with any True-Integrity! Healthy-Moods are well integrated with other forms of Health-and-Integrity; because True-Integrity involves Healthy-Interdependence; BUT-NOT the Freedom-to-be- Totally-Independent! We cannot enjoy Healthy-Integrity while sustaining/expressing the Independent Moods which are often associated with: Ignorance, Prejudice, Provincialisms, Biases and Complicity in Distributive-Injustice; e.g. while admiring and/or imitating the Unilateral-Benefits of the Life-Styles of Domineering-Bullies. To be Truly-SUSTAINABLE we must cooperate in BOTH: 1. Mitigating Our-Own Alienative-Conflicts in Gracious-Disciplined-Ways-of-Shalom AND 2. Augmenting-Healthy-Integrative-Moods within our Communities and Unique-Individual-Persons. It is exceedingly unlikely that Domineering-Bullies or Mobbing-Mobsters will be qualified or inclined to lead any of the healing efforts that are implicit in cooperating in the above two essential ways! It is also exceedingly unlikely that any one person will be qualified, ready, willing and able to lead well in the two mutually complementary and essentially different kinds of efforts. People who Best-Embody Healthy-Integrative-Moods-and-Attitudes - - - are most likely to be able to lead efforts to help to Augment-Healthy-Integrative-Moods-and-Attitudes. It is likely that True-Lovers who clearly recognize Alienative-Conflicts and their Tragic-Costs through Systems- analyses of both Objective-and-Reflexive-Kinds - - - are most likely to be able to lead efforts to help people to Mitigate Their-Own Alienative-Conflicts. True-Lovers may also be able to help us to identify people who Best-Embody Healthy-Moods-and-Attitudes - - - and so may be ready, willing and able to lead efforts to augment the embodiments of such Moods-and-Attitudes in: Infants and Young people, who are relatively free of infections with Unhealthy-Moods-and-Attitudes that frequently contribute to the Augmentation of Alienative-Conflicts and Traditions-of-Alienation. If we are not happy with the current status-quo - - - What-Can-We-Do - - - To Make a Helpful-Difference? Complain? Gripe? Attack? Blame? Shame? Sulk? Dominate? Withdraw? Depress Repress? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What can be Helpful-Foci In-Gracious-Efforts? Clarify-Relevant-Facts? Clarify-Relevant-Descriptions? Clarify-Relevant-Relationships? Clarify-Reasoning-Steps? Facilitate-Cooperation Facilitate-Open & Honest Dialogue IDENTIFY Priority-Needs What is Missing Missing-Perspective Missing-Facts Who is Missing Missing-Ideals Missing-Values Missing-Principles Missing-Moods Missing-Attitudes Missing-Priorities Present-Distractions Present-Diversions Present-Blockages Missing-Insights Missing-Skills Present-REVERED-IODOLS Present-REVERED-TOOLS REVERED-TECHKNOLODGIES REVERED-COLLUDERS Present-REVERED-ADDICTS Present-REVERED-CODEPENDENTS REVERED-Games of MSD REVERED-PREJUDICES Present-Ill-Bullies Present-Mentally-Ill-Leaders Present-Political-Diseases Present-Fake-Scientists Present-Fake-Investments Present-GREEDY-People Generous-People Hospitable-People Diplomatic-Reconcilers Military-Industrial-Congressional-Complexes that are PROFITABLE FOR DOMINEERING-BULLIES Alienative-Ideals Fellowships-Of-Reconciliation LOVE'S SANCTUARIES FOR SHALOM Bullies in Military Uniforms Alienative-Goals Alienative-Hopes Alienative-Laws Alienative-Punishments Alieantive-Moods Alieantive-Attitudes Alienative-Prisons Alienative-Revenge We need to Be-Aware-of and Beware-Of those poeople who are Motivated-and-Guided in any of the above kinds of efforts: 1. By-Patterns of: Guilt Shame Ignorance Prejudices Fears Terrors and/or by Cultural-Religious- Political-Tribal-Linquistic-Provincialism Kinship-Relationships Kinship-Roles and Ignorance. 2. By-Patterns of: Greed Envy Covetousness and Honorably-Wanting-Endlessly-MORE. 3. By-Patterns of: Arrogance Self-Righteousness Pretense Hubris Domineering Life-Styles-and-Ideals. 4. By-Outdated-Ancient: Traditions that are Out-of-Touch with Changing-Environments whose New-Natures are DENIED IN TRYING TO WIN: COLLUSIVE-GAMES-OF-MUTUAL-SELF-DECEPTION; which-cannot-be-won-by-anyone. 5. By-People-Believing: That they can With-Integrity: Undermine, Threaten, Repress, Delay, or Destroy VULNERABLE- PEOPLE's Rights - - - in the process of Exercising Their-Own-Superior-Rights as fully as they feel that they have the right to do - - - due to their own Superior-Entitlements. We need to Be-Aware-Of and Beware-Of all Present-Realities - - - that make our own Life-Styles BE-NON-SUSTAINABLE!