Some people's lives are focused narrowly upon particular kinds of realities not-shared-in-common; e.g. ISOLATED-KINDS-OF-EGOCENTRIC: Foods Eating Friends Clothing Personal-Possessions Inventories Sales Profits Losses Investments Ideas Ideals Virtues Machines Products Manufacturing Spirituality Dreams Morality Ethics Goodness Fantasies Practicality Wars Terrors Terrorists Intimacies Religions Politics Economies etc. Such isolated different-people may naturally have difficulty in communicating well/reliably/satisfactorily with each other - - - especially if they are unaware of the ways in which they are different as persons - - - for any of many reasons: Allergies Fetishes Addictions Preoccupations Demands Injuries Presumptions Assumptions Expectations Dreams -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For a Civilization to be Long-Term-Sustainable - - - there must be therein wide-spread general-consensuses about many Mutually-Supportive NON-EGOCENTRIC-IN-COMMON: Ideals Principles Values Virtues Grounds-for-Hope - - - that are Regarded-in-Common as Essential-and-Primary; and others that are complementary and contextually-helpful; perhaps as follows: ESSENTIAL COMPLEMENTARY Honesty Patriotism Integrity Loyalty Authenticity Tenacity Coherence Certainty Hospitality Authority Generosity Self-Reliance Welcomes Planning Distributive-Justice Purity Shalom Unity Creativity Freedom Mutuality Tranquility Trust Peace Empathy Strength Sympathy Power Cooperation Determination Collaboration Leadership Coordination Firmness Discernment Control Modesty Self-Confidence Fellowship Obedience Intuition Discipline -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN CONTRAST - - - The following REALITIES ALL THREATEN: The-Sustainability, The-Integrity, The-Health and The-Robustness of Each Civilization-and-Person: Domination Greed Violence Coercion Arrogance Pretense Deception Unilateralists Biases Prejudices Confusion Corruption Ignorance Confusion Addictions Condescendence Thoughtlessness Indifference Cynicism Insensitivity Meanness Extremism Revenge Tragedies We need to teach our children early in life to recognize what is ESSENTIAL to the Sustainability of CIVILIZATION - - - and what THREATENS the Sustainability of CIVILIZATION. We also need to teach our children early in life; how to cooperate/collaborate in working-together to MITIGATE THEIR OWN ALIENATIVE-CONFLICTS within SHALOM'S SANCTUARIES OF LOVE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THINK TOGETHER in SHALOM ABOUT THE-COSTS-OF-ALIENATION! Be-Together within Shalom's Sanctuaries Discerning Through-Open-and-Honest-Dialogues - - - What-IS and What-is-NOT ESSENTIAL-TO-CIVILITY-AND-SUSTAINABLE-CIVILIZATIONS!