The following words-and-phrases suggest some: ideals, values, principles, virtues and foundations for - - - authentic-hope and sustainable-civility-and-civilization - - - which are Essential-Foundations To-Build-Upon; and in that sense need to be treated and agreed upon as ESSENTIAL-and-PRIMARY-REALITIES that MUST-BE-PRESERVED. HONESTY HOSPITALITY GENEROSITY DISTRIBUTIVE-JUSTICE COOPERATION COLLABORATION INTEGRITY AUTHENTICITY COORDINATION SENSITIVITY EMPATHY & SYMPATHY KINDNESS LOYALTY TENACITY CERTAINTY SELF-CONFIDENCE PATRIOTISM STRENGTH FIRMNESS CONSISTENCY COMMITMENT CLARITY DETERMINATION & EGO SUCCESS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some of the above FOCI often become REVERED-UNCONDITIONALLY in IDOLATROUS-ALIENATIVE-CONFLICTS that undermine civilizations' INTEGRITIES and SUSTAINABILITY; so long as they are regarded as SINGLE-ISOLATED-ALIENATED-ABSOLUTES; worshipped-in-isolation from the wisdom of also demonstrating respect through words-and-behaviors for other COMPLEMENTARY: IDEALS, VALUES, PRINCIPLES, VIRTUES AND GROUNDS FOR HOPE - - - THAT HELP TO MITIGATE the alieantive-conflicts which are generated by treating some one or few foundational: ideals, values, principles, virtues and grounds for hope - - - as ABSOLUTE-AND-UNILATERALLY-TRANSCENDENT - - - AS GOD-HIMSELF - - - OMNIPOTENT, OMNISCIENT, OMNIPRESENT AND ETERNAL. Thus it is dangerous and unsustainable to accept any one-isolated: image, ideal, value, principle, virtue or foundation-for-hope - - - as ABSOLUTE - - - to the point of EXCLUDING- FROM-CONSIDERATION all other MUTUALLY-COMPLEMENTARY: images, ideals, values, principles, virtues and foundations-for-hope - - - by WINNING many superior collusive-games-of-mutual- SELF-DECEPTION which lead toward being tragically-out-of-touch with the Essential-Foundations of authentic-hope and sustainable-civility-and-civilization. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THINK TOGETHER in SHALOM! Be-Together within Shalom's Sanctuaries Discerning through Open-and-Honest-Dialogues - - - What-IS and What-is-NOT ESSENTIAL-TO-CIVILITY-AND-SUSTAINABLE-CIVILIZATIONS!